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press into service — press (someone or something) into service : to use (someone or something) for a particular job or purpose when a special need occurs Retired doctors and nurses were pressed into service to help care for the wounded. The backup computer was… … Useful english dictionary
press into service — press (someone) into service to persuade or force someone to do something. Murphy pressed his sister into service to do the research … New idioms dictionary
press into service — press (something) into service to use something for an unusual purpose. A few buses and trucks were pressed into service, but the vast majority of refugees walked … New idioms dictionary
press into service — required to help, forced to serve The young men were injured, so the old men were pressed into service … English idioms
press into service — Meaning Induce someone to join the military. Origin In the UK in the 18th and 19th century hapless youths were often tricked or forced into joining the navy by press gangs . They usually got the victim drunk first. A favourite trick was to slip a … Meaning and origin of phrases
press someone or something into service — press (someone or something) into service : to use (someone or something) for a particular job or purpose when a special need occurs Retired doctors and nurses were pressed into service to help care for the wounded. The backup computer was… … Useful english dictionary
press someone into service — press (someone) into service to persuade or force someone to do something. Murphy pressed his sister into service to do the research … New idioms dictionary
press something into service — press (something) into service to use something for an unusual purpose. A few buses and trucks were pressed into service, but the vast majority of refugees walked … New idioms dictionary
press somebody into service — ˌpress sb/sth into ˈservice idiom to use sb/sth for a purpose that they were not trained or intended for because there is nobody or nothing else available • Every type of boat was pressed into service to rescue passengers from the sinking ferry.… … Useful english dictionary
press — English has two words press. The commoner, and older, ‘exert force, push’ [14], comes via Old French presser from Latin pressāre, a verb derived from the past participle of premere ‘press’ (source of English print). The corresponding noun press… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
