- duty-bound adj
- ['djuːtɪˌbaʊnd]
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to be duty-bound to do sth — avere il dovere morale di fare qc
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duty-bound adj
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duty-bound — also duty bound ADJ: v link ADJ to inf (emphasis) If you say you are duty bound to do something, you are emphasizing that you feel it is your duty to do it. [FORMAL] I didn t want to work on it but felt duty bound to help, Wilson said … English dictionary
duty bound — {adj. phr.} Forced to act by what you believe is right. * /Abraham Lincoln walked miles once to return a few pennies that he had overcharged a woman because he felt duty bound to do it./ * /John felt duty bound to report that he had broken the… … Dictionary of American idioms
duty bound — {adj. phr.} Forced to act by what you believe is right. * /Abraham Lincoln walked miles once to return a few pennies that he had overcharged a woman because he felt duty bound to do it./ * /John felt duty bound to report that he had broken the… … Dictionary of American idioms
duty\ bound — adj. phr. Forced to act by what you believe is right. Abraham Lincoln walked miles once to return a few pennies that he had overcharged a woman because he felt duty bound to do it. John felt duty bound to report that he had broken the window … Словарь американских идиом
bound — 1 n 1: boundary usu. used in pl. metes and bound s 2: something that limits or restrains within the bound s of the law bound 2 … Law dictionary
bound — [adj] obligated; destined apprenticed, articled, bent, bounden, certain, coerced, compelled, constrained, contracted, doomed, driven, duty bound, enslaved, fated, firm, forced, having no alternative, impelled, indentured, intent, made,… … New thesaurus
Duty — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Duty >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 duty duty what ought to be done moral obligation accountableness liability onus responsibility Sgm: N 1 bounden duty bounden duty imperative duty Sgm: N 1 call call … English dictionary for students
bound — bound1 [baund] the past tense and past participle of ↑bind bound 2 bound2 W3S2 adj [no comparative] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(likely)¦ 2¦(law/agreement)¦ 3¦(duty)¦ 4¦(travelling towards)¦ 5¦(relationship)¦ 6 be bound up in something … Dictionary of contemporary English
bound — I adj 1. tied, tethered, made fast, fastened, secured, fixed; in bonds, shackled, fettered, manacled, handcuffed; restrained, confined, restricted. 2. obligated, obliged, duty bound; required, compel ed, constrained. 3. destined, predestined,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
bounds — bound [adj] obligated; destined apprenticed, articled, bent, bounden, certain, coerced, compelled, constrained, contracted, doomed, driven, duty bound, enslaved, fated, firm, forced, having no alternative, impelled, indentured, intent, made,… … New thesaurus
accountable — adj 1. responsible, liable, answerable, chargeable, amenable; obligated, obliged, beholden, bound, duty bound; subject, open to, exposed to. 2. explainable, explicable, interpretable; intelligible, understandable, comprehensible … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
