забривать лбы

• ЗАБРИВАТЬ <БРИТЬ>/ЗАБРИТЬ ЛОБ (ЛБЫ) кому; ЗАБРИТЬ (ЛОБ) В СОЛДАТЫ <В РЕКРУТЫ> all obs

[VP; subj: human; usu. pfv 3rd pers pl with indef. refer.]

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⇒ to conscript s.o. for military service:

- X-y забрили лоб{{}}≈ X was taken as a recruit;

- X was called up into the army <the service>.

     ♦ [Слесарша:] ...Мужу-то моему [городничий] приказал забрить лоб в солдаты... (Гоголь 4). [Locksmith's wife:] ...Не [the Mayor] ordered my husband, now, to be called up into the army... (4a).