army volunteer

army volunteer

To select, nominate, or assign someone to carry out a task or duty that they are unwilling or unprepared to undertake. My boss always army volunteers me to pick up lunch for the office.
See also: army, volunteer
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • volunteer
  • tab (one) for (something)
  • tab for
  • tabbed
  • designate
  • designate (someone or something) as (something)
  • designate as
  • Don't let the fox guard the henhouse.
  • detail (one) to (someone or something)
  • detailed
References in periodicals archive
Commandant, Sri Lanka Army Volunteer Force (SLAVF) and will continue as Commander, Overall Operations Command (Western Province & Puttalam District).
Key appointments of Senior Military Officers Announced
It prompted the Irvine Academy student and Salvation Army volunteer to protectively warned a friend off her big brother.
Cleared of murder; jury returns not proven verdict Just weeks after brother and sister posed for this picture he was charged with slitting her throat from ear to ear. Yesterday he walked free
Commandant, Sri Lanka Army Volunteer Force, Major General Channa Goonetilleke, was the chief guest on the occasion and distributed prizes to winning and runners-up teams said a press release received here on Tuesday from Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Pakistan Army Volleyball team wins series against Sri Lanka
The 31-year-old former Israeli army volunteer said the lessons of the Holocaust drove her to help protect the Kurds and other Middle East minorities menaced by Islamic State advances.
Jewish Woman Who Helped Kurds Fight ISIS Returns to Israel
Chief of Staff, Deputy Chief of Staff, Commandant, Sri Lanka Army Volunteer Force and several Directors also participated in the presentation of briefing to Pakistan\\'s Army Chief.
COAS meets Sri Lankan counterpart Shares views on important regional issues
I believe the plan was make all these lads and girls redundant, hoping they would all join the reservists or as, when I was serving, the Territorial Army Volunteer Reserves.
Cuts are way too deep; FEEDBACK
He was a 16-year-old Serbian Army volunteer, born in Crmnica, shot in Belgrade by an Austrian Danube Flotilla vessel that very first day of the war.
Serbia and Canada fighting on the right side of history
But the map pinpoints only a handful of alleged secular assaults, one of which is titled: "Salvation Army Volunteer Using Smaller Bell After Business Owner Complains.''
It's beginning to look a lot like warfare
And last night, the families of two Territorial Army volunteer soldiers were left devastated after the pair died on a march as temperatures soared to 29C (84F) with health warnings issued for much of the country.
MARCHING TO DEATH; BRITAIN IN GRIP OF 29degC KILLER HEAT; Tragic TA pair die on gruelling SAS mountain test
A TERRITORIAL Army volunteer has been signed up to help to find new TA recruits.
14-year TA veteran in recruiting exercise
In November, a Salvation Army volunteer dropped off tags with information about children and their holiday gift wishes, including their name, age and clothing sizes.
Holiday donations
The Army Volunteer Corps is a commander's program to maximize volunteering via community and individual opportunities for Army personnel and their Families.
Meeting needs of Army families
Jean recalls her most "dramatic volunteering" experience was as a Army Volunteer in New Orleans after Hurricane Betsy in 1965.
Savannah Speech and Hearing Center Volunteer of the Year - Ms. Jean Finley Giblin, Age 86