Defenition of the word sweep up

• Defenition of the word sweep up

  • 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"
  • take up the cause or ideology of (beliefs, tasks, etc.)
  • take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one''s own; "She embraced Catholocism"; "They adopted the Jewish faith"
  • 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"
  • take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own
  • force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action

Synonyms for the word sweep up

• • adapt
  • drag
  • drag in
  • embrace
  • embroil
  • espouse
  • sweep
  • tangle

Hyponyms for the word sweep up

• • fasten on
  • hook on
  • latch on
  • seize on
  • take up

Hypernyms for the word sweep up

• • accept
  • involve

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