press into service — index resort Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
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 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
