New English-Irish Dictionary

Similar words: pass into · break into · press on · pressing · read into · rush into · press agent · press baron · bash into · blend into

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(v + prep) TRANSITIVEthey were pressed into military service cuireadh iallach orthu liostáil san armhe was pressed into leaving cuireadh iallach air imeacht, tugadh air imeacht → see press

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he crammed the papers into the press shac sé na páipéir isteach sa phrios
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they were pressed into service as soldiers tugadh orthu dul isteach san arm, cuireadh brú orthu dul i mbun na saighdiúireachta, preasáladh i mbun seirbhíse mar shaighdiúirí iad
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to press sb/sth into service1 get sb to do sthwe were all pressed into service cuireadh sinn uilig i mbun oibrehe was pressed into service as a cook cuireadh i mbun cócaireachta é2 make use of sththe hall was pressed into service as a school baineadh feidhm as an halla mar scoil
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the dough is pressed into the baking tin brúitear an taos isteach sa stán bácála

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