engage

Definition

  • verb: to hire (someone) to perform a particular service
  • verb: to offer (as one's word) as security for a debt or cause
  • synonyms: enlist, draw, occupy

Examples

  • I suggest you 'engage' the services of a lawyer. [=I suggest you hire a lawyer]

  • She 'engaged' him 'in' conversation. [=she started a conversation with him]

  • The book fails to 'engage with' the problems of our time.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Brother, I'm gonna punch a hole. You follow me through. All aircraft, weapons free! Weapons free! Break right. Come around. Light them up! Break formation, engage all hostiles. Yeah! Get some! Scorpions, pursue and destroy. Jake! Jake! You copy? We're falling back! We're getting hammered! (..)
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