bound up with

bound up with
{v. phr.} To be connected; be involved with. * /Tuition at our university is bound up with the state budget./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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  • bound up with — Closely linked with • • • Main Entry: ↑bound * * * bound up with (or in) closely connected with or related to democracy is bound up with a measure of economic and social equality …   Useful english dictionary

  • bound up with — (something) to be connected to something else. The secretary pointed out that US security is absolutely bound up with the security of Europe …   New idioms dictionary

  • bound up with — {v. phr.} To be connected; be involved with. * /Tuition at our university is bound up with the state budget./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • bound\ up\ with — v. phr. To be connected; be involved with. Tuition at our university is bound up with the state budget …   Словарь американских идиом

  • bound up with something — bound ˈup with sth idiom closely connected with sth • From that moment my life became inextricably bound up with hers. Main entry: ↑boundidiom …   Useful english dictionary

  • bound up with something — bound up with (something) to be connected to something else. The secretary pointed out that US security is absolutely bound up with the security of Europe …   New idioms dictionary

  • be bound up with something — be bound up in/with/something phrase ideas, feelings, or issues that are bound up with each other are connected very closely, so that it is difficult to think of them separately His political philosophy was closely bound up with his religious… …   Useful english dictionary

  • be bound up with — To be intimately or indissolubly connected with • • • Main Entry: ↑bind …   Useful english dictionary

  • bound — bound1 [bound] vi. [MFr bondir < OFr, to leap, make a noise, orig., to echo back < LL bombitare, to buzz, hum < L bombus, a humming: see BOMB] 1. to move with a leap or series of leaps 2. to spring back from a surface after striking it,… …   English World dictionary

  • bound — bound1 [baund] the past tense and past participle of ↑bind bound 2 bound2 W3S2 adj [no comparative] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(likely)¦ 2¦(law/agreement)¦ 3¦(duty)¦ 4¦(travelling towards)¦ 5¦(relationship)¦ 6 be bound up in something …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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