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bound for

bound for adverb: moving towards, going in the direction of.

Adverb

bound for (not comparable)

  1. (figuratively, sometimes) Moving towards, going in the direction of.
    • The plane is bound for England.
    • He is bound for failure.

Questions about bound for

What does bound for mean?
Bound for means moving towards, going in the direction of.
What part of speech is bound for?
Bound for is an adverb.

Words near bound for in the dictionary

  1. bound bailiff
  2. bound bailiffs
  3. Bound Brook
  4. bound entropies
  5. bound entropy
  6. bound for
  7. bound form
  8. bound forms
  9. bound hand and foot
  10. bound morpheme
  11. bound morphemes

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