bound for
On route to
Bound for indicates a destination—the place someone or something is heading: a ship bound for Liverpool, She's bound for medical school.
The phrase implies committed movement toward a goal, whether literal travel or figurative trajectory: He's bound for trouble if he keeps this up.
- on boardAgreeing and involved
- destinedFixed by fate
- promised landHoped-for place of fulfillment
- en routeCurrently in transit
- hitting the roadStarting to travel
heading · directed · traveling · embarkation · all aboard · outbound · departing · goal · homeward · transit · trajectory · voyage · trip · journey · fate · path · arrival · expedition
directional movement
bound forcoming from
Originating at a source
leaving · away from · hailing from · exiting
motion vs. stasis
bound forstaying put
Remaining in place
stationary · staying · home · rooted · settled
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