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Phrase(s): bind someone over (to someone or something)
to deliver someone to some legal authority; to deliver someone to some legal authority. (A legal usage.) • They bound the suspect over to the sheriff. • The sheriff will bind over the suspect to the county jail.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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Oblige someone to do or not do something; hold on bail or keep under bond. For example, The sheriff will bind over the murder suspect to the homicide division. This phrase is nearly always used in a legal context. [Late 1500s]
American Heritage Idioms