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
SergiuszSER-gyuwshPolish
Alidaah-LEE-dah (German)Dutch, German, Hungarian
Sroel-Yiddish
Kambiz-Persian
AsunciÓNah-soon-THYON (Spanish), ah-soon-SYON (Latin American Spanish)Spanish
LindsieLINDZ-eeEnglish (Rare)