to be meshubad
Definitions
v. To be obligated, beholden, tied.
Example Sentences
“Since I had promised, I was meshubad to help him with the Mishna." (Weiser)
“He's helped me in the past, so I was meshubad to help him when he asked.” (Weiser)
“I want to take my car, so I'm not meshubad to someone else's schedule.” (Weiser)
"A person who grows up with a high standard of living will almost certainly become so used to this standard that it will be extremely difficult for him to break away from it–in a certain sense he is meshubad to it." (source)
- View More
Languages of Origin
- Textual Hebrew
- Aramaic
- Yiddish
Etymology
Y משועבד meshubed
- Orthodox: Jews who identify as Orthodox and observe halacha (Jewish law)
- North America
- Frumspeak: The First Dictionary of Yeshivish, by Chaim Weiser (Northvale, 1995).
Who Uses This
Regions
Dictionaries
Edit Something missing from this entry? Inaccurate? Feel free to suggest an edit.