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شبکه مترجمین ایران
شبکه مترجمین ایران
شبکه مترجمین ایران
شبکه مترجمین ایران
شبکه مترجمین ایران
شبکه مترجمین ایران
شبکه مترجمین ایران
شبکه مترجمین ایران
شبکه مترجمین ایران
شبکه مترجمین ایران
شبکه مترجمین ایران
شبکه مترجمین ایران
شبکه مترجمین ایران
شبکه مترجمین ایران
شبکه مترجمین ایران
شبکه مترجمین ایران
شبکه مترجمین ایران
شبکه مترجمین ایران
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general::
adj. bound to do sth certain to do sth VERBS be, seem ADV. almost These problems were almost bound to arise. bound (to do sth): obliged to do sth VERBS be, feel | become | remain | hold sb The president said the country could not be held bound by a treaty signed by the previous regime. ADJ. absolutely | irrevocably | by law, contractually, legally Officials are bound by law to investigate any possible fraud. He was legally bound to report them to the authorities. | (in) honour, in duty (also duty-bound), morally I felt in duty bound to report the incident. PREP. by We are legally bound by this decision. travelling in a particular direction VERBS be ADV. homeward, outward PREP. for tourists who are bound for Europe bound up: closely connected VERBS be | become ADV. closely, intimately | inevitably, inextricably | intrinsically | together A person's name and their sense of their own identity are often closely bound up together. PREP. with From that moment my life became inextricably bound up with hers.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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general::
In addition to the idioms beginning with BOUND, Also see BY LEAPS AND BOUNDS; DUTY BOUND; HONOR BOUND; OUT OF BOUNDS; WITHIN BOUNDS. Also see under BIND.
American Heritage Idioms