sweep up, v.
freq. cnt. 2
freq. cnt. 2
take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own
<verb.cognition> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
adopt embrace espouse sweep up
sample sentences
"She embraced Catholicism""They adopted the Jewish faith"
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingverb frames
Somebody ----s somethingverb frames
Somebody ----s somethingverb frames
Somebody ----s something
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action
<verb.stative> freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
drag drag in embroil sweep sweep up tangle
sample sentences
"They were swept up by the events""don't drag me into this business"
verb frames
Somebody ----s somebodySomebody ----s somebody PP
verb frames
Somebody ----s somebodySomebody ----s somebody PP
verb frames
Somebody ----s somebodySomebody ----s somebody PP
verb frames
Somebody ----s somebodySomebody ----s somebody PP
verb frames
Somebody ----s somebodySomebody ----s somebody PP
verb frames
Somebody ----s somebodySomebody ----s somebody PP
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym