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SWEEP UP
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own
Example:
They adopted the Jewish faith
Synonyms:
adopt; embrace; espouse; sweep up
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Hypernyms (to "sweep up" is one way to...):
accept (consider or hold as true)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "sweep up"):
fasten on; hook on; latch on; seize on; take up (adopt)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
Force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action
Example:
don't drag me into this business
Synonyms:
drag; drag in; embroil; sweep; sweep up; tangle
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Hypernyms (to "sweep up" is one way to...):
involve (engage as a participant)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
