join up
— phrasal verb with join uk/dʒɔɪn/us/dʒɔɪn/verb
If you join up, you become a member of one of the armed forces:
"Have you been in the army for a long time?" "I joined up as soon as I'd left school."
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Joining or leaving the army
- buy
- buy yourself out
- call-up
- cashier
- commission
- conscript
- demob
- demobilize
- desert
- desertion
- draft
- draft dodger
- draftee
- enlist
- enlisted
- join
- recruit
- selective service
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