bound up

adjective

: closely involved or associated
usually used with with
his life was bound up with the town's history

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Afterward the electrons were bound up in atoms, and light could flow freely. Marc Kamionkowski, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2024 Terrifying! Trust Comes From The Source Third, the trust needed for innovation is inherently bound up with people’s perceptions about the source of a new product or service. Dev Patnaik, Forbes, 12 Oct. 2024 It’s been around for a lot of Atlanta’s history and that history is so bound up in my grandfather’s story, right? Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 18 Sep. 2024 Conservatives should defend language — particularly political language — which is bound up in thought. Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 17 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for bound up 

Word History

First Known Use

1611, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of bound up was in 1611

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“Bound up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bound%20up. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.

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