뺏다

ppaetda · [뺃따]

snatch · deprive · strip · intrude on someone's time

verbIntermediate

Meanings

  1. snatch; deprive; stripTo eliminate or take someone's thing by force.
  2. intrude on someone's timeTo take one's job, time, qualification, etc., forcibly.
  3. deprive; stripTo make someone lose his/her qualification or right by using legal means.
  4. engross; absorbTo captivate one's mind or soul.
  5. defile; violateTo violate and run roughshod over someone's chastity, virginal purity, etc.

Examples from Lessons (2)

그런데 네가 자꾸 내 대사를 뺏어 가잖아.

It's just that you keep stealing my lines.

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How can you say something like that after practically cutting into my script to steal the lead role?

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Korean definitions, pronunciations and learner levels are from the Basic Korean Dictionary (한국어기초사전) by the National Institute of Korean Language, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 KR.

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