enlisted

Related to enlisted: enlisted officer

enlist for (something)

1. To voluntarily sign up for something. A noun or pronoun can be used between "enlist" and "for." Did you hear that Jim wants to enlist for military service? He really feels compelled to fight for his country.
2. To sign someone else up for something. A noun or pronoun can be used between "enlist" and "for." I hope you don't mind, but I enlisted you for the clean-up crew after the dance. We need all the help we can get!
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enlist in (something)

1. To voluntarily sign up for something. This phrase is often used in reference to the armed forces. A noun or pronoun can be used between "enlist" and "in." Did you hear that Jim wants to enlist in the military? He really feels compelled to fight for his country.
2. To gather or obtain someone for some organization or purpose. This phrase is often used in reference to the armed forces. A noun or pronoun can be used between "enlist" and "in." Jim's father is a veteran and tried to enlist him in the military. Sorry I'm late, I got enlisted in the post-dance clean-up crew.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • enlist
  • enlist for
  • enlist for (something)
  • enlist in
  • enlist in (something)
  • sign up
  • rope in
  • rope in Go to rope into
  • rope someone in
  • involve with (someone or something)
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William Howard Legg, 21, was a farm laborer when he enlisted on Aug.
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Naval Academy enlisted admissions process, visit www.usna.edu/admissions/step.htm.
Top enlisted airmen attend the Chief Master Sergeant Leadership Course that was created in 2005.
Lackland AFB is the enlisted Gateway to the Air Force.
Gardner (SFC RET) is a government contractor with Janus Research Group with placement in the Office Chief of Signal Enlisted Division as a Force Structure/Data Analyst.
Other force-shaping programs such as "Blue to Green" for officers and enlisted and the enlisted retraining program remain open.
The Museum's exhibit galleries combine texts and artifacts illustrating the history of enlisted airmen.
As the Roman Empire went into terminal decline, and fewer Roman citizens enlisted to fight the endless imperial wars, Roman rulers turned increasingly to the services of foreign mercenaries--ultimately, with disastrous results.
"I am delighted to have reached not only the highest enlisted grade, but also the top enlisted position in the Transportation Corps."
"I looked at the military as a better option than staying home and possibly getting involved in neighborhood gang activity," said Miller, who enlisted in the U.S.
For enlisted members and warrant officers, all compensation for active service earned in a combat zone is tax-free.
Last, the central processing unit [CPU] is not all that's enlisted. Enlisted computers can also "lend' data and data storage space.)
Meanwhile, Turow enlisted the support of some other professors, including Steven Jones, communications professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago and president of the Association of Internet Researchers.
"But we actually enlisted Cher in the ongoing Northern Ireland peace process because we were impressed by her congressional testimony on the sociocultural forces underlying the Civil War in the Sudan and because of her theory that defective interest rate forecasts by Roman economists in the third century B.C.