bound
/ˈbaʊ̯nd/ adjective C2- Ready to start or go (to); moving in the direction (of). · Which way are you bound? —I'm already homeward bound.· Is that message bound for me?
- Very likely (to), certain to · They were bound to come into conflict eventually.
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“The lobsters!” shouted the Gryphon, with a bound into the air.
“You’re bound to win, dear.
He made his bound before he saw what it was he was jumping at, and then he tried to stop himself.
Two of the strongest monkeys caught Mowgli under the arms and swung off with him through the treetops, twenty feet at a bound.
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