take on strength
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take on strength
Where it comes from
From take on (“enlist”) + strength (“armed forces”).
verb takes on strength · taking on strength · took on strength · taken on strength
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To commission a soldier, animal or vehicle into the service of the armed forces.
Taken on strength, 7th Light Horse, 6th April 1915.
Opposite: strike off strength
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see take on, strength.
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