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I'll be bound

I'll be bound phrase: i am certain (that something is true).

Phrase

I'll be bound

  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!
    • 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...

Interjection

  1. (idiomatic) An expression of surprise.
    • 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
    • "Well, I'll be bound," Ruby said with a dreamy sigh.2015, Mary Monroe, Mama Ruby
    Synonyms:
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Synonyms of I'll be bound

Questions about I'll be bound

What does I'll be bound mean?
I'll be bound means i am certain (that something is true).
What part of speech is I'll be bound?
I'll be bound can be a phrase or an interjection.

Words near I'll be bound in the dictionary

  1. I'll be a monkey's uncle
  2. I'll be a son of a bitch
  3. I'll be a son of a gun
  4. I'll be bail
  5. I'll be blowed
  6. I'll be bound
  7. I'll be damned
  8. I'll be danged
  9. I'll be darned
  10. I'll be dipped
  11. I'll be dipped in shit

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