Collocations for "bind"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "bind" in context.
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bind
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- am in a bit of a bind here
- I'm in a bit of a bind. Can I ask you a favor?
- have found myself in a real bind here
- You have gotten yourself in quite the bind.
- How are you going to get (yourself) out of this bind?
- don't want to put you in a bind, but
- don't know how to get out of this bind
- How did I get into this bind in the first place?
- the [schedule, changes, map] had them in a bind
- the [moral, ethical] bind of the law
- Having to [fill out all these forms, pay each time] is a real bind.
- [Traveling, working] can be a bind (at times).
- bind up the [wound, broken arm, fractured ankle]
- the love that binds us together
- bind his [feet, arms, hands]
- bind them in [holy matrimony, marriage]
- bind (them) together
- bind off your [knitting, stitches]
- bind your [knitting] off
- binds her to [do, complete, perform]
- binds the parties to
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