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Definition of tae kwon do noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

tae kwon do

noun
 
/ˌtaɪ ˌkwɒn ˈdəʊ/
 
/ˌtaɪ ˌkwɑːn ˈdəʊ/
 [uncountable]
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  1. a Korean system of fighting without weapons, similar to karateTopics Sports: other sportsc1
    Word OriginKorean, literally ‘art of hand and foot fighting’, from tae ‘kick’ + kwon ‘fist’ + do ‘art, method’.
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