# bound to do sth

idiom · CEFR B2

Source: https://englishreference.com/idiom/bound-to-do-sth
Updated: 2026-04-22

## Meaning

you use this when you are certain that something will happen because it is natural or expected.

## Examples

- It is bound to rain later today.
- If you keep working so hard without any rest, you are bound to feel exhausted by the weekend.
- Given the current instability in the market, an economic correction is bound to occur sooner or later, regardless of the government's recent interventions.

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