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Sweep up Moderate

Sweep up has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
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"

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"

3

To clean by sweeping.

Example Sentences
"They were swept up by the events" verb
"don't drag me into this business" verb
"She embraced Catholicism" verb
"They adopted the Jewish faith" verb
See Also
sweep overwhelm involved clean cause shore overly broom up
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
involve accept
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
take up
Rhyming Words
2 up 7 up 1 up on up go up ey up re up do up tug up tee up bid up bag up end up eye up fog up fed up ton up rig up man up ice up
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