press into service (English, verb)
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)
Senses:
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.
tags: idiomatic
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