be under obligation

Arriving in the convention city of Philadelphia, he boasted that he had been personally covering his travel and telephone expenses and said that if nominated, “I will be under obligation to nobody except the people.”

Employees can choose to receive email alerts about unexpected scheduling needs, but will not be under obligation to accept any changes, said the letter, which was signed by Robert E. Bostrom, Abercrombie’s general counsel.

She hates to be under obligation to anyone, especially her own mother.

Not wishing to be under obligation to his friends longer than he could possibly help, he expressed a wish to procure lodgings in some respectable family at once, and asked Mr. Jones if he knew of any place in the neighbourhood likely to suit him.

That she should be under obligation to Norton galled her.