걸다
geolda · TOPIK 1
to hang
🪝📞 geolda: hang it on a hook, or hang on the line — one verb for both
걸다 means to hook or hang something up. A phone call is 전화를 걸다, literally hooking a call onto the line. English keeps the same link in reverse: you hang up to end a call, Korean hangs to start one.