sweep up Meaning, Definition & Usage
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verb force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action
embroil; sweep; drag; drag in; tangle.
- They were swept up by the events
- don't drag me into this business
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verb take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own
adopt; embrace; espouse.
- She embraced Catholicism
- They adopted the Jewish faith