I'll be bound

phrase

I am certain (that something is true)

“Where are those teenagers going at this time of night? Up to no good, I'll be bound!”

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Meanings

phrase
  1. I am certain (that something is true)

    Where are those teenagers going at this time of night? Up to no good, I'll be bound!

    1 more example

    I’ll be bound Lady Ashton understands every machine for breaking in the human mind, and there are as many as there are cannon-bit, martingales, and cavessons for young colts.

    1819, Jedediah Cleishbotham [pseudonym; Walter Scott], Tales of My Landlord, Third Series. […], volume III (The Bride of Lammermoor), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; Hurst, Robinson, and Co. […], →OCLC, page 8
interjection
  1. idiomaticAn expression of surprise.

    "Well, I'll be bound," Ruby said with a dreamy sigh.

    2015, Mary Monroe, Mama Ruby
    1 more example

    Well, I'll be bound!! Another example of following the rules and being undercut on pricing by those who don't follow the regs.

    2007 June 7, tightenit, “Installation of TMV Valve”, in Screwfix Community

    Synonyms: wow

Synonyms & antonyms

interjectionAn expression of surprise.

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Cite this entry
APA

I'll be bound. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/I'll%20be%20bound

MLA

“I'll be bound.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/I'll%20be%20bound. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “I'll be bound,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/I'll%20be%20bound.

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