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발을 빼다 Bareul ppaeda
Cleverly cutting ties and pulling your capital out of a corporate venture or failing project before the ship sinks.
What does 발을 빼다 mean?
발을 빼다 (Bareul ppaeda) means: Cleverly cutting ties and pulling your capital out of a corporate venture or failing project before the ship sinks.
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How it's actually used
- 더 손해 보기 전에 그 사업에서 빨리 발을 빼는 게 상책이야.
Deo sonhae bogi jeone geu saeob-eseo ppalli bareul ppaeneun ge sangchaek-iya.
Pulling your feet out of that business fast before taking more losses is the best policy.
💡 Shows the pragmatic urgency of cutting losses in a failing commercial venture. - 투자자들 사이에서 불안감이 커지면서 하나둘씩 발을 빼기 시작했어요.
Tujjadeul sai-eseo bul-angam-i keojimyeonseo hanadulssik bareul ppaegi sijakhaesseoyo.
As anxiety grew among investors, they started pulling out one by one.
💡 Illustrates how institutional or individual investors quietly withdraw capital when risk spikes. - 프로젝트가 이 지경이 됐으니, 지금이라도 발을 빼야 뒤탈이 없습니다.
Purojekteuga i jigyeong-i dwaesseuni, jigeumirado bareul ppaeya dwital-i eopseumnida.
Since the project has reached this state, pulling out even now is the only way to avoid future fallout.
💡 Emphasizes preemptively shielding oneself from corporate blame and legal backlash.
Related words in Social Situations
보기에는 bogieneun찬물을 끼얹다 Chanmureul kkianhda철이 들다 cheori deulda초토화 cho-to-hwa단호하다 Dan-ho-ha-da