beholden to

idiom

formal

: owing a favor or gift to (someone) : having obligations to (someone)

politicians who are beholden to special interest groups

She works for herself, and so is beholden to no one.

Examples of beholden to in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Several pension funds have come out against the package, arguing that the board of directors is too beholden to Musk, his behavior too reckless lately and the riches offered too much. —Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2025

Shein, which boasts 45 million European users, is beholden to an EU law designed to create safer digital spaces that protect the fundamental rights of internet users, the ministers said. —Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 6 Nov. 2025

Proprietary reverse mortgages aren't beholden to those limits; however, and Mutual of Omaha offers SecureEquity jumbo reverse mortgages up to $4 million. —Kelsey Neubauer, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2025

This is still a Tron movie, however, beholden to a mythology that is ridiculously complicated at best and WTF-nonsensical at worst. —David Fear, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2025

Rhymes for beholden to

• hullabaloo
• accrue
• ado
• ainu
• aircrew
• airscrew
• anew
• askew
• baboo
• babu
• bamboo
• beaucoup