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Suck in Common

Suck in has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

take up as if with a sponge

2

attract by using an inexorable force, inducement, etc.

"The current boom in the economy sucked many workers in from abroad"

3

draw in as if by suction

"suck in your cheeks and stomach"

4

To cause (someone) to become slowly more and more involved in some business or situation that may not be to their advantage.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
consume absorb hollow
Rhyming Words
ad in go in be in as in do in box in toe in mix in ink in eat in die in see in fox in run in lie in dob in set in get in let in dip in
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