bound to

English

Phrase

bound to (See usage note in must.)

  1. (only with a bare infinitive) Indicates something which cannot be avoided.
    The leaking fuel tank was bound to explode sooner or later.
    There was bound to be friction between a firstborn and his strong-willed stepmother.
    • 1967, Jacques Marcuse, “Conclusion Inconclusive: A Postscript”, in The Peking Papers‎[1], Arthur Barker Limited, published 1968, →OCLC, page 344; republished as “The Red Guards Condemned”, in Colin Mackerras, editor, Sinophiles and Sinophobes: Western Views of China‎[2], Oxford University Press, 2000, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 149:
      Still, the real victims of the hung wei ping are ultimately bound to be the hung wei ping themselves.

Further reading

  • “bound to”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

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