army volunteer

Definitions

To make someone perform a task or duty, especially one they are not prepared or willing to do.

idiomatic, rare

Equivalents

Examples

“"She 'army volunteered' me," he says. "She said, 'You called; you're on the committee.'"”

“It was dreadful. Especially when it was raining -- the whole performance of getting all the plastic hoods off the double⟳ buggy, then trying to womanhandle<g> double⟳ buggy, shopping, both boys onto the bus. You ended up by 'army volunteering' the passengers behind you.”

“Coutts was originally press-ganged into playing the game by one of his former intermediate teachers. Despite some initial scepticism, he eventually became hooked. "It was something that I got sort⟳ of army-volunteered into but looking back at it now, it's been one of the best things of my life, just because of the experiences and opportunities I've been given," he said.”

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