sweep up English

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sweep up

— verb (= embrace, adopt) take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own She embraced Catholicism They adopted the Jewish faith

— verb (= sweep, drag) 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

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sweep

embroil

tangle

espouse

embrace

drag in

drag

collect in a heap

collect

adopt

wipe up

whisk

underrate

tidy up

sweep away

scrape up

roll

repudiate

reject

refuse

rebuff

pile up

negative

mop up

fob off

deny

clean up

carry on

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