ЗАБРИТЬ (ЛОБ) В СОЛДАТЫ (В РЕКРУТЫ ) all obsVPsubj: humanusu.pfv 3rd pers pl with indef. refer. ) 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).