duty bound

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./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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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) 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 — 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 window …   Словарь американских идиом

  • duty bound — see duty bound …   English dictionary

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

  • duty-bound — UK / US adjective formal legally or morally responsible for doing something We felt duty bound to challenge the decision …   English dictionary

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