(transitive, chiefly, US) To befit, be appropriate or necessary to somebody. .
It ill behooves my mother to complain.
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(intransitive) To be fitting.
Straighter he stood, and had achieved some praise / In other exercise, much more behooving / A soldier's taste than merely dirt removing.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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