conscript

Related to conscript: compulsorily

conscript into (something)

To draft one into the armed forces. A noun or pronoun can be used between "conscript" and "into." Young people fear that they will be conscripted into service if these tensions explode into all-out war.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

conscript someone into something

to call someone into military service; to draft someone. The war-torn country was even conscripting children into the army. Fred was conscripted into the army.
See also: conscript
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • angle
  • angling
  • not do (someone or oneself) any favors
  • ask back
  • involve with
  • involve with (someone or something)
  • involved with
  • arrange for
  • arrange for some time
  • arrange some music for
References in periodicals archive
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Over 1,800 conscripts started service in Estonia
"Nearly every day each conscript faces bullying; each day and night of my service was a nightmare.
Military hazing attracts attention and denials in Tajikistan
The opera-style parody Les Militaribles was made by 80 young conscripts for $900 and has become an internet sensation.
HILARIOUS! South Korean Air Force parody Les Miserables
the health of conscripts, Seyran Ohanyan, Defense Minister of Armenia, told media, Friday.
Seyran Ohanyan: Defense Ministry of Armenia assigns high priority to quality of mobilization resource
After attending a medical, all conscripts had six weeks of basic training during which they got used to military life.
Military life was making and breaking of thousands
In one instance a young conscript was hospitalized after he tried to hang himself.
The Russian soldier today
Hard-pressed to find enough food or to ward off brutal beatings from their fellow soldiers, conscripts resorted to selling weapons and ammunition to the Chechens whom they were fighting.
One Soldier's War
In the 1950s, I served abroad in the Middle East in the army as a conscript. In those days, at the age of 18 you were directed to attend a 'medical examination' at a centre in Newcastle.
Lettter: Why did some miss National Service? VOICE OF THE NORTH
Mr Symes must have been seen off at the NAAFI queue by a conscript. Even Victory had pressed men, Mr Symes, do you condemn them as well?
Letter: You Say: National service pride
Mr Jones said: "It is surprising that the contributions of so many conscript workers have never been recognised."
WALES: Honour our war workers
When conscript officers catch him, his wife pleads that she and her son will starve without his presence.
"A very disagreeable business": confederate conscription in Louisiana
A conscript is a person liable to service in the Defence Forces who is called up to perform the conscript service obligation.
Physical fitness/morbidity of conscripts in the Estonian Defence Forces