The government is duty bound to compensate those who lost money.
I've been given a certain amount of training so I feel duty bound to stay in the job for at least a year.
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
duty bound to do something — duty bound to (do something) required to do something. Investigators are duty bound to find out what happened and make a report … New idioms dictionary
duty bound to — (do something) required to do something. Investigators are duty bound to find out what happened and make a report … New idioms dictionary
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 — If you are duty bound to do something, you are required to do it … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
duty-bound — adjective FORMAL legally or morally responsible for doing something: We felt duty bound to challenge the decision … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
duty-bound — adjective under a moral obligation to do something • Syn: ↑obliged • Similar to: ↑obligated * * * ˌduty ˈbound [duty bound] adjective … Useful english dictionary
duty-bound — UK / US adjective formal legally or morally responsible for doing something We felt duty bound to challenge the decision … English dictionary
be duty bound — (to do something) if you are duty bound to do something, you have to do it because it is your duty. The government is duty bound to compensate those who lost money. I ve been given a certain amount of training so I feel duty bound to stay in the… … New idioms dictionary
(feel) honour-bound to do something — (feel) honour ˈbound to do sth idiom (formal) to feel that you must do sth because of your sense of moral duty • She felt honour bound to attend as she had promised to. compare ↑duty bound … Useful english dictionary
duty-bound — adjective morally or legally obliged to do something … English new terms dictionary
