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
Yegorye-GORRussian
EbonyEB-ə-neeEnglish
Angelita-Spanish
Fernandofer-NAHN-do (Spanish)Spanish, Portuguese
Roshanara-Persian (Archaic)
Herleif-Norwegian