verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
enlist sb’s help (= persuade someone to help you )
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She enlisted the help of a private investigator to find her missing son.
enlist sb’s support formal (= ask for and get their support )
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He wrote to the Prime Minister in an attempt to enlist his support.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
aid
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Grant's other ally, Rocky O'Rourke, had also answered the call and enlisted the willing aid of nine other truckers.
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California growers have found that enlisting the aid of hawks and owls is relatively simple.
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Gore even enlisted the aid of Newt Gingrich, the Speaker of the House.
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He was planning on enlisting the aid of the Association of Racing Commissioners to help get the law amended before next year.
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Something along the lines of loss of professional dignity, enlisting the aid of socially undesirable persons in official business.
army
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When younger, she had treated her son so harshly that he left home and enlisted in the army .
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Meanwhile thousands of Sinhalese youths responded to radio appeals and started enlisting in the Army .
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By 1917 more than 75% of the male tram crews had enlisted in the army .
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Mrs Rouncewell's younger son, George, runs away as a boy to enlist in the army .
help
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Warn the shop owner in advance and enlist his help .
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She enlists the help of psychiatrist / author Sigourney Weaver, an expert on serial killers.
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For practical reasons, she enlisted the help of the air force.
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And last, an old trick of ours is to enlist the help of secretaries to show us their bosses' calendars.
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You may also need to enlist the help of a friend.
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Next he enlisted the help of his wife and two friends to remind him to say no more often and pace himself.
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So the gang of seven have enlisted the help of star trainer Carrie Grant.
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He said he learned Pond was also in the country and enlisted his help in dealing with the player.
officer
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I had a very good relationship with my officers and my enlisted men.
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Did he really think that abstention by the officers would influence the enlisted men?
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One is the contrast between the way officers and enlisted personnel are treated.
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Alek wanted details, names of officers and enlisted men, the configuration of the room.
service
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The training we were to receive was later to help us teenagers when most of us enlisted into the services .
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Macready must have enlisted the services of Cecil B. DeMille as an architect.
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Forms of alliance were developed to enlist the service of nobles whose lands lay beyond its own lordships.
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Further relatives were enlisted in the service of the pope in the Papal State.
support
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He also visited Alfonso and tried to enlist his support .
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A number of our respondents believe that they can enlist the support of others in their attempts to influence the government.
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There was much interest in a broadly based Middle Eastern Command which would enlist the willing support of the Arab states.
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One such overnight stop was in Allentown, Pennsylvania, to stay with and enlist the support of pilot Dorothy Leh.
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Something to enlist the support , the complicity, of the fields, the plantations of spruce.
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Cisneros said that he would continue his efforts during the fall campaign to enlist Hispanic support for Clinton.
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The emperor Valentinian I enlisted their support against the Alamans in 369.
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Subsequently, probably in 531, Theuderic enlisted the support of his half-brother, Chlothar, in an invasion of Thuringia.
■ VERB
try
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One council, Lancashire, has been trying to enlist the Ministry of Agriculture's help in controlling their hogweed.
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He's trying to enlist my sympathy by pretending he's in the grip of some third thing.
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A little group of men had got together and appeared to be trying to enlist others into a formation of some kind.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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By the end of 1915, over 700,000 men had enlisted.
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Frank enlisted in the marines at the age of 19.
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He enlisted in the air force and eventually became a pilot.
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In the first year of the war a million men enlisted voluntarily.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Only 31 percent of sailors re- enlist after their first enlistment period.
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Pearl enlisted the help of independent consultants Price Waterhouse at an early stage.
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The same is true with regard to enlisted troops, if the conduct has a direct and palpable effect upon the military.
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This habit of enlisting people to make a difference was very powerful.
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To increase a regular use of the County exchange service and enlist the advice and guidance of County library staff. 10.