I don't think you can press him into service just yet. He isn't trained.
•I think that in an emergency, we could press this machine into service.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
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 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 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 — [[t]pre̱s[/t]] ♦ presses, pressing, pressed 1) VERB If you press something somewhere, you push it firmly against something else. [V n against n] He pressed his back against the door... [V n prep] They pressed the silver knife into the cake. 2) … English dictionary
press */*/*/ — I UK [pres] / US noun Word forms press : singular press plural presses 1) the press newspapers and news magazines the national/local/American/sports press the popular/tabloid press in the press: She has been criticized in the press for not… … English dictionary
press — press1 [ pres ] noun *** ▸ 1 newspapers etc. ▸ 2 machine for printing ▸ 3 publishing business ▸ 4 piece of equipment ▸ 5 single push on something ▸ 6 making clothes smooth ▸ 7 many people pushing 1. ) the press newspapers and news magazines: the… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
press — press1 W2S2 [pres] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(news)¦ 2 get/be given a bad press 3 get/have a good press 4¦(printing)¦ 5¦(machine)¦ 6¦(push)¦ 7 go to press 8¦(crowd)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1.) ¦(NEWS)¦ … Dictionary of contemporary English
press — 1 /pres/ noun 1 NEWS a) (U) also the press people who write reports for newspapers, radio, or television: the freedom of the press (also + plural verb BrE): In August the press are desperate for news. | press photographers b) (singular,… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
service — ser|vice1 W1S1 [ˈsə:vıs US ˈsə:r ] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(official system/organization)¦ 2¦(something provided by a company)¦ 3¦(in a shop/restaurant/hotel)¦ 4¦(work)¦ 5¦(work done for somebody)¦ 6¦(duty)¦ 7¦(being used)¦ 8¦(religious ceremony)¦ 9¦(army)¦ … Dictionary of contemporary English
service — 1 noun FOR THE PUBLIC 1 public services (countable often plural) things such as education, hospitals, banks etc that are provided for the public to use: the decline in public services in recent times | the welfare/medical/social etc service… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
