돌아가다

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to go back, to return

🔙 돌아가다 = 돌다 (turn) + 가다 (go): turn and go = go back

A compound of 돌다 (to turn around) and 가다 (to go), joined by the -아 connector. Turn around, then go, and you are heading back where you came from. Its partner 돌아오다 swaps in 오다 (come) for to come back.

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