잃어버리다

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to lose (completely), to misplace

🔑 잃다 (lose) + 버리다 (throw away) = lose it for good

잃어 is the connective form of 잃다, to lose. 버리다 means to throw away, and as a helper verb it marks an action as fully done, often with regret. So 잃어버리다 is losing something completely, like misplaced keys.

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