PRESS SB/STH INTO SERVICE


Meaning of PRESS SB/STH INTO SERVICE in English

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.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.