it behooves one to do



it behooves one to do something

Cliché it is necessary for one to do something; it is incumbent (up)on someone to do something. It behooves me to report the crime. It behooves you to pay for the window that you broke.
See also: one

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
EerikkiE:-reek-keeFinnish
Agilulf-Ancient Germanic
Kazuekah-zoo-eJapanese
NadİR-Turkish
Sothy-Khmer
Jacintohah-THEEN-to (Spanish), hah-SEEN-to (Latin American Spanish)Spanish, Portuguese