게 밀리다

get pushed back; fall behind

밀리다 is the passive of 밀다 'push'. It covers being shoved along physically (의자가 이렇게 밀려서 들어와), a share price sliding (저렇게 크게 밀리다 보니까), losing ground in a contest, and payments falling into arrears — 20년, 30년 그렇게 밀린 걸 못 내고 (unable to pay what has been owed for decades). One line uses the shaving sense instead: 수염이 깨끗하게 밀려야 하는데.

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