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beholden to someone Definition


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beholden
adj
    1. Now usually used in the phrase
      Thesaurus: indebted, bound, obligated, obliged, owing.
Idiom: beholden to someone
    formal
    Owing them a debt or favour; grateful to them.
Etymology: 14c: originally past participle of behold.



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