Collocations for "bounded"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "bounded" 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]
'bounded' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):