SWEEP UP as VERB

1. Meaning
   • take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one’’s own
   Synonym(s)
   • adopt (what does adopt mean?)
   • embrace (what does embrace mean?)
   • espouse (what does espouse mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • She embraced Catholocism
   • They adopted the Jewish faith
   Hypernyms(s) sweep up is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • accept (what does accept mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • take up (what does take up mean?)
   • latch on (what does latch on mean?)
   • fasten on (what does fasten on mean?)
   • hook on (what does hook on mean?)
   • seize on (what does seize on mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • borrowing (what does borrowing mean?)
   • adoption (what does adoption mean?)
   • embrace (what does embrace mean?)
   • bosom (what does bosom mean?)
2. Meaning
   • force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action
   Synonym(s)
   • drag (what does drag mean?)
   • drag in (what does drag in mean?)
   • embroil (what does embroil mean?)
   • sweep (what does sweep mean?)
   • tangle (what does tangle mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • They were swept up by the events
   • don”t drag me into this business
   Hypernyms(s) sweep up is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • involve (what does involve mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • imbroglio (what does imbroglio mean?)
   • embroilment (what does embroilment mean?)