Collocations for "bound"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "bound" in context.
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bound
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adj
- a bound [dog, prisoner, bike]
- a bound [book, magazine, folder]
- bound by [ropes, cables, tape]
- bound by [secrecy, laws]
- (was) bound and gagged
- bound to the [post, railings, fence, bars]
- felt bound to [tell you, report it, say something]
- are bound to [win, lose, get the job]
- it's bound to [rain, stop raining, happen]
- it's bound to [happen, come] sooner or later
- bound to [her children, his country, your family, one another]
- [the wound, his leg] was bound up
- is too bound up with his [career, team, work]
- is bound for [failure, greatness, glory]
- are homeward bound
- [tightly, loosely] bound
- I am duty bound to [inform, tell] you
- [three] bounds [forward, to the right]
- [a single, a leaping, an effortless] bound
- [jumped, cleared] the [fence, hurdle, gate] in one bound
- [in one, a single] bound
- her [score, time, grades, performance] improved by leaps and bounds
- his [skill, agility, knowledge] knew no bounds
- the [ball, player] [went, was] out of bounds
- your [behavior, comment] was out of bounds
- is [considered, strictly] out of bounds
- don't [step, go] out of bounds
- the bounds of the [country, kingdom]
- beyond the bounds of [possibility, decency]
- [the dog, she] came bounding up (to me)
- the [dog] bounded over (to)
- came bounding into the [house, store]
- bounded out of the [door, gate]
- bounded up the [hill, mountain]
- bounded down the [hill]
- bounding through the [grass, field]
WordReference English Collocations © 2026
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
'bound' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Morocco
- aircraft
- airplane
- ankle
- arise
- captive
- challenge
- change
- collapse
- create
- cure
- east
- end
- forget
- gag
- incur
- induce
- kinship
- likewise
- mummy
- outward
- prejudice
- print
- problem
- remark
- restraint
- sentiment
- sequel
- sprain
- struggle
- tightly
- tradition
- trial
- unreliable
- upper