Adverb
bound for (not comparable)
(sometimes figuratively) Moving towards, going in the direction of.
The plane is bound for England.
He is bound for failure.
He was handsome then if never before, bound for one of those immortal moments which come so radiantly that their remembered light is enough to see by for years. F. Scott Fitzgerald
In 1934, the American Jewish charities offered to find homes for 300 German refugee children. We were on the SS Washington, bound for New York, Christmas 1934. Jack Steinberger
Seventy sail of transports and ships fell down to Red Hook. They were bound for Rhode Island, and had on board about three thousand troops. They also inform, that after the Sunday action an officer of Distinction was brought into the city, badly wounded. Nathanael Greene
They were bound for college, husbands, child-rearing, unhappiness only dimly perceived-bound, in other words, for life. Jeffrey Eugenides
Train whistle blowin', Makes a sleepy noise; Underneath their blankets Go all the girls and boys. Rockin', rollin', ridin', Out along the bay, All bound for Morningtown, Many miles away. Malvina Reynolds
No wind is of service to him that is bound for nowhere. French Proverb