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131bound up — adj. (cannot stand alone) connected bound up in; with (bound up in one s work; her future is bound up with this firm) * * * [ baʊnd ʌp] with (bound up in one s work; her future is bound up with this firm) (cannot stand alone) [ connected ] bound… …
132bound — English has no fewer than four separate words bound. The only one which goes back to Old English is the adjective, meaning ‘obliged’ 71 box or ‘destined’, which comes from the past participle of bind (in Old English this was bunden, which… …
