press (something) into service

to use something for an unusual purpose.

A few buses and trucks were pressed into service, but the vast majority of refugees walked.

• put back into something
• put back on the rails
• put back on track
• put back up
• put behind
• put behind someone
• put behind something
• put behind you
• put best foot forward
• put cards on the table
• put down roots
• put down to experience
• put feet up
• put finger on
• put finger on something
• put flesh on
• put flesh on something
• put flesh on the bones of
• put flesh on the bones of something
• put foot down
• put foot in it
• put foot to the floor
• put forth
• put forth something
• put forward