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- it behooves one to do
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.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| Blanchard | | [bla:ŋ'ʃa:] | |
| Thracius | | - | Ancient Roman |
| Diklah | | - | Hebrew, Biblical, Biblical Hebrew |
| PlÁCido | | PLAH-thee-dho (Spanish), PLAH-see-dho (Latin American Spanish) | Spanish, Portuguese |
| Melita | | - | Various |
| Ural | | - | Bashkir |