sweep up

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verb

1. take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own (Freq. 1)
- She embraced Catholicism
- They adopted the Jewish faith
• Syn:
espouse, embrace, adopt
• Derivationally related forms:
adoption (for: adopt), embrace (for: embrace)
• Hypernyms:
accept
• Hyponyms:
take up, latch on, fasten on, hook on, seize on
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
2. force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action (Freq. 1)
- They were swept up by the events
- don't drag me into this business
• Syn:
embroil, tangle, sweep, drag, drag in
• Derivationally related forms:
embroilment (for: embroil)
• Hypernyms:
involve
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s somebody PP