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is duty-bound
adjective
Alternative spelling of dutybound
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(He is duty-bound not to disclose the title).
As a diplomat, Kerry is duty-bound to describe raw reality in upholstered platitudes.
He is adamant that the playwright is duty-bound to embrace theatricality and liveness.
The Bank of England's Prudential Regulation Authority is duty-bound these days to promote effective competition in banking.
His rapidly growing organization, Lashkar-e-Taiba (the Army of the Pure), is duty-bound to "bring death to oppressors".
Styres believes he is duty-bound to change these things for his people and for his nine children.
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Any professor suspecting plagiarism is duty bound to report it.
No playwright is duty bound to fulfill an audience's conventional need to feel.
If Rodriguez appeals a suspension, the players union is duty bound to defend him.
Ramlogan says his role means he is "duty bound – regardless of personal views – to facilitate and advance its implementation".
Clegg fudged it, responding: "Everybody is duty bound to tread carefully when entering in to this heated debate".
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