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enlist (oneself) for something
to sign up for something; to enroll for something. Sam wouldn't enlist for service. Todd enlisted himself for the army last week.

enlist someone for something

to enroll someone for something; to seek help for something from someone. I enlisted all of them for the understudy parts. Can I enlist you for the committee?

enlist someone in something

to recruit someone into something; to recruit someone into the armed services. They tried to enlist me in the army, but I decided against it. David enlisted his brother in an organization that gave assistance to peasants in South America.

enlist(oneself) in something

to join something; to join the armed services. She decided not to enlist herself in the air force. Bill enlisted in the army.


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The year is 1969; Rick enlists in the army, is sent to Vietnam, and joins the elite Charlie Company Rangers.
Not surprisingly, Guinier enlists some of the same arguments here that proved to be her undoing in her short-lived nomination for Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights under former president Clinton.
The first Corporate Development Consulting Agreement enlists the services of Global-Tek Business Development, Inc.
 
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