- an annoying situation that is often difficult to avoid see also double bindWord OriginOld English bindan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch and German binden, from an Indo-European root shared by Sanskrit bandh.
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Idioms
See bind in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionaryin a bind
- (especially North American English) in a difficult situation that you do not know how to get out of
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