sweep up
v 1: force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of
action; "They were swept up by the events"; "don't drag
me into this business" [syn: embroil, tangle, sweep,
drag, drag in]
2: take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone
and use it as one's own; "She embraced Catholocism"; "They
adopted the Jewish faith" [syn: espouse, embrace, adopt]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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