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TOPIK 6verb

톺아보다

topaboda [토파보다]

톺아봐요 · 톺아봤어요 · 톺아볼 거예요 · 톺아보세요

to examine thoroughly, to comb through

Example

이번 보고서에서는 사고의 원인을 하나하나 톺아봅니다.

This report examines the causes of the accident one by one.

Word parts

톺다 (to grope through every nook and gap) + 보다 (to look).

Good to know

A revived native word, popular in media headlines as a pure-Korean alternative to 분석하다.