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발을 끊다

bareul kkeunta [바를 끈타]

발을 끊어요 · 발을 끊었어요

to stop going (somewhere), to stop visiting, to cut ties

Example

그 일 이후로 그는 술집에 발을 끊었어요.

Since that incident, he's stopped going to bars.

Word parts

Literally 'to cut off one's feet' from a place.

Good to know

Pronounced [끈타]: the ㅎ aspirates the following ㄷ.