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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 | ||
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