Meanings
phrase
- Indicates something which cannot be avoided.
We knew it was bound to happen eventually.
3 more examples
The leaking fuel tank was bound to explode sooner or later.
There was bound to be friction between a firstborn and his strong-willed stepmother.
Still, the real victims of the hung wei ping are ultimately bound to be the hung wei ping themselves.
1967, Jacques Marcuse, “Conclusion Inconclusive: A Postscript”, in The Peking Papers, Arthur Barker Limited, published 1968, →OCLC, page 344; republished as “The Red Guards Condemned”, in Colin Mackerras, editor, Sinophiles and Sinophobes: Western Views of China, Oxford University Press, 2000, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 149
Synonyms & antonyms
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Translations
Spanish destinado a, seguro a
- destinado aphrase
- seguro aphrase
- certero aphrase
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