"press into service" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "presses into service",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pressing into service",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pressed into service",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pressed into service",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "press into service (third-person singular simple present presses into service, present participle pressing into service, simple past and past participle pressed into service)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Anyone with basic first-aid training was pressed into service as a triage nurse after the earthquake."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1979 January 25, Iain Nicolson, book review, New Scientist, page 269",
          "text": "In essence, the book gives a step-by-step account of how the author built, modified and developed his own 6-inch Newtonian reflector, pressing into service such materials as old larder shelves, a car halfshaft, pieces of Meccano, and several coffee-jar tops.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2010, Robert S. McDaniel, Katherine J. McDaniel, Soap Maker's Workshop: The Art and Craft of Natural Homemade Soap, Krause Publications, page 136",
          "text": "Even the molds don't have to be expensive — most plastic bins, bowls or drawer dividers can be pressed into service, though silicone molds are readily available.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011, Colin Barrow, Starting a Business for Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, page 51",
          "text": "The chances are that you have nearly everything you need to start up your business already somewhere around your home. […] You can press into service a garage, loft, spare bedroom or garden shed for a whole host of business-related takes from holding stock to being a dedicated office space away from the normal hustle of home life.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To make someone perform a task or duty, especially one they are not prepared or willing to do; to make something serve a function, especially one it was not designed or intended for."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "perform",
          "perform"
        ],
        [
          "task",
          "task"
        ],
        [
          "duty",
          "duty"
        ],
        [
          "prepared",
          "prepared"
        ],
        [
          "willing",
          "willing"
        ],
        [
          "serve",
          "serve"
        ],
        [
          "function",
          "function"
        ],
        [
          "designed",
          "designed"
        ],
        [
          "intended",
          "intended"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To make someone perform a task or duty, especially one they are not prepared or willing to do; to make something serve a function, especially one it was not designed or intended for."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "army volunteer"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "press into service"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "presses into service",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pressing into service",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pressed into service",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pressed into service",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "press into service (third-person singular simple present presses into service, present participle pressing into service, simple past and past participle pressed into service)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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        "English idioms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Anyone with basic first-aid training was pressed into service as a triage nurse after the earthquake."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1979 January 25, Iain Nicolson, book review, New Scientist, page 269",
          "text": "In essence, the book gives a step-by-step account of how the author built, modified and developed his own 6-inch Newtonian reflector, pressing into service such materials as old larder shelves, a car halfshaft, pieces of Meccano, and several coffee-jar tops.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2010, Robert S. McDaniel, Katherine J. McDaniel, Soap Maker's Workshop: The Art and Craft of Natural Homemade Soap, Krause Publications, page 136",
          "text": "Even the molds don't have to be expensive — most plastic bins, bowls or drawer dividers can be pressed into service, though silicone molds are readily available.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011, Colin Barrow, Starting a Business for Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, page 51",
          "text": "The chances are that you have nearly everything you need to start up your business already somewhere around your home. […] You can press into service a garage, loft, spare bedroom or garden shed for a whole host of business-related takes from holding stock to being a dedicated office space away from the normal hustle of home life.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To make someone perform a task or duty, especially one they are not prepared or willing to do; to make something serve a function, especially one it was not designed or intended for."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "perform",
          "perform"
        ],
        [
          "task",
          "task"
        ],
        [
          "duty",
          "duty"
        ],
        [
          "prepared",
          "prepared"
        ],
        [
          "willing",
          "willing"
        ],
        [
          "serve",
          "serve"
        ],
        [
          "function",
          "function"
        ],
        [
          "designed",
          "designed"
        ],
        [
          "intended",
          "intended"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To make someone perform a task or duty, especially one they are not prepared or willing to do; to make something serve a function, especially one it was not designed or intended for."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/00/En-au-press_into_service.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "army volunteer"
    }
  ],
  "word": "press into service"
}