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  • 1duty-bound — adjective FORMAL legally or morally responsible for doing something: We felt duty bound to challenge the decision …

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  • 2duty 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 …

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  • 3duty bound to — (do something) required to do something. Investigators are duty bound to find out what happened and make a report …

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  • 4duty-bound — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ morally or legally obliged …

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  • 5duty bound — see duty bound …

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  • 6duty-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 …

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  • 7duty-bound — adjective under a moral obligation to do something • Syn: ↑obliged • Similar to: ↑obligated * * * ˌduty ˈbound [duty bound] adjective …

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  • 8duty 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… …

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  • 9duty 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… …

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  • 10duty\ 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 …

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