Nearby Words
verb (used without object)
1.
to enroll, usually voluntarily, for military service: He decided to enlist in the Marines.
2.
to enter into some cause, enterprise, etc.
verb (used with object)
3.
to engage for military service: to enlist men for the army.
4.
to secure (a person, services, etc.) for some cause, enterprise, etc.: They enlisted us to serve as ushers at the meeting.
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Enlist
is one of our favorite verbs.
So is skedaddle. Does it mean:
| to run away hurriedly; flee. |
| to steal or take dishonestly (money, esp. public funds, or property entrusted to one's care); embezzle. |
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Example Sentences
- Again enlist the help of friends and family if you can.
- Another, opposite tactic is to enlist the help of disinterested outsiders.
- If you care so much about who is right and who is wrong, enlist or shut up.
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