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	Pronounced	Usage
Zanna	ZAN-ə	English
Leanne	lee-AN	English
Oliver	AHL-ə-vər (English), AW-lee-ver (German), O-lee-ver (Finnish)	English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Estonian, Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian, Czech
Norman	NAWR-mən (English)	English, Ancient Germanic
Raisa (3)	-	Arabic
Wilma	VIL-mah (German, Dutch), WIL-mah (Dutch), WIL-mə (English)	German, Dutch, English