be duty bound

be duty bound
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 job for at least a year.


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  • 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 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 — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ morally or legally obliged …   English terms dictionary

  • duty bound — see duty bound …   English 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 — adjective under a moral obligation to do something • Syn: ↑obliged • Similar to: ↑obligated * * * ˌduty ˈbound [duty bound] adjective …   Useful 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

  • duty bound —    If you are duty bound to do something, you are required to do it …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

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