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
Aristarkh-Russian
Concettinakon-chet-TEE-nahItalian
Ayaulym-Kazakh
Marcellinomahr-chel-LEE-noItalian
Dunyasha-Russian
ÁFrica-Spanish