owe it to
idiom
: to have a duty to (someone to do something)
We owe it to the veterans to build a memorial.
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The data is easily accessible, and homebuyers owe it to themselves to take it seriously.
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Daryl Fairweather, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
But once they have been elected, federal, state and local officials owe it to kids, their parents and their neighbors to fight this most invisible of all hazards.
—Maggie Fox, Scientific American, 3 Sep. 2024
Presidential historian Tim Naftali suggested on CNN that Biden’s close advisers and family owe it to the country to talk him into taking a tough decision to consider stepping aside.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 29 June 2024
But leaders in Caracas and Washington owe it to Venezuelans to try.
—Francisco Rodríguez, Foreign Affairs, 1 Dec. 2023
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Daryl Fairweather, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
But once they have been elected, federal, state and local officials owe it to kids, their parents and their neighbors to fight this most invisible of all hazards.
—Maggie Fox, Scientific American, 3 Sep. 2024
Presidential historian Tim Naftali suggested on CNN that Biden’s close advisers and family owe it to the country to talk him into taking a tough decision to consider stepping aside.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 29 June 2024
But leaders in Caracas and Washington owe it to Venezuelans to try.
—Francisco Rodríguez, Foreign Affairs, 1 Dec. 2023
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“Owe it to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/owe%20it%20to. Accessed 29 Nov. 2024.
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