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Down and bound by are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Down" instead an adjective phrase "Bound by".

Down adjective - Brought or having come to an end.

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Bound by and down are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Bound by" instead an adjective "Down".

Nearby Word: downed

The hero saves a predator, who (now bound by Narrative Convention to do the Androcles) tracks the hero down to symbolically not kill him.

Source: Androcles' Lion
It's been shown multiple times that when the chips are down, they're bound by a strong friendship.

Source: Series / Victorious
The Retrieval Artist series by Kristine Kathryn Rusch has the Earth Sphere Alliance bound by treaties with their alien trading partners to honor their laws and extradite people who break them, with judgements handed down by a Multicultural Tribunal.

Source: Protocol Peril

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