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먹으러

to eat, in order to eat

→ 먹다
먹 to eat + 으 Consonant-stem linker + 러 Purpose (in order to)
verb · informal Rare #15,786
to eat, in order to eat Used to express the purpose of going or coming somewhere: 먹으러 가다 means “go to eat.”
KO: 밥 먹으러 식당에 가요.
EN: I’m going to a restaurant to eat.
Conjugation of 먹다
Purposive
먹으러먹으려고

기분이 좋았던 나는 다섯 사람을 모두 데리고 저녁을 먹으러 갔다.

In a good mood, I took all five of them out to dinner.

케이크 먹으러 와요

Come have some cake.

— 로렌스 애니웨이 (2012)

그냥 피자 먹으러 가

Just go get some pizza.

— 똑바로 살아라 (1989)

아침 먹으러 왔냐?

Did you come to get breakfast?

— Night in Paradise (2020)