English verb: sweep up | |||
1. | sweep up (stative) force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action | ||
Samples | They were swept up by the events. Don't drag me into this business. | ||
Synonyms | drag, drag in, embroil, sweep, tangle | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Somebody ----s somebody PP | ||
Broader (hypernym) | involve | ||
2. | sweep up (cognition) take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own | ||
Samples | She embraced Catholicism. They adopted the Jewish faith. | ||
Synonyms | adopt, embrace, espouse | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | accept | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | fasten on, hook on, latch on, seize on, take up | ||