beholden to (someone)

beholden to (someone)

Indebted or under obligation to someone, or feeling that one is under such an obligation. Never accept loans from anyone you don't know or trust personally; you don't want to be beholden to the wrong person. Please, I am beholden to you for the kindness you have shown my family.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • make a virtue of necessity
  • make a virtue of necessity, to
  • owe it to (someone or oneself) to (do something)
  • incumbent
  • incumbent (up)on (someone)
  • incumbent (up)on (someone) to (do something)
  • incumbent on
  • incumbent to do
  • free up
  • you are welcome