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English Dictionary: sweep up by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
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"
    Synonym(s): embroil, tangle, sweep, sweep up, drag, drag in
  2. take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own; "She embraced Catholicism"; "They adopted the Jewish faith"
    Synonym(s): espouse, embrace, adopt, sweep up
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