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sweep up
verb
1. take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own (Freq. 1)
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She embraced Catholicism

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They adopted the Jewish faith

• Syn: ↑espouse, ↑embrace, ↑adopt
• Derivationally related forms: ↑adoption (for: ↑adopt), ↑embrace (for: ↑embrace)
• Hypernyms: ↑accept
• Hyponyms: ↑take up, ↑latch on, ↑fasten on, ↑hook on, ↑seize on
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

2. force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action (Freq. 1)
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They were swept up by the events

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don't drag me into this business

• Syn: ↑embroil, ↑tangle, ↑sweep, ↑drag, ↑drag in
• Derivationally related forms: ↑embroilment (for: ↑embroil)
• Hypernyms: ↑involve
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s somebody

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Somebody ——s somebody PP

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ˌsweep ˈup [intransitive/transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they sweep up he/she/it sweeps up present participle sweeping up past tense swept up past participle swept up] phrasal verb
to clean and remove dirt, glass, dust etc from a floor or the ground using a brush or broom

I’m going to sweep up.

Would you sweep up the broken glass?

Thesaurus: to make things cleaner or tidiersynonym
Main entry: sweep

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sweep up [phrasal verb]
1 sweep up or sweep (something) up or sweep up (something)
1 a : to remove dust, dirt, etc., from (something) by using a broom or brush

When I was sweeping up, I found an earring that I had lost.

Can you please sweep up the porch?

1 b sweep (something) up or sweep up (something) : to remove (something, such as dust, dirt, etc.) from a surface by using a broom or brush

She swept up the broken glass.

2 sweep (someone or something) up or sweep up (someone or something) : to pick up (someone or something) in one quick, continuous motion

She swept the baby up and carried her to the crib.

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Main Entry: ↑sweep

Useful english dictionary. 2012.