sweep up

/swip əp/

Other forms: sweeping up; sweeps up

Definitions of sweep up

1. verb

   force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action
   synonyms: drag, drag in, embroil, sweep, tangle

   type of:

   involve

   engage as a participant
2. verb

   take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own
   synonyms: adopt, embrace, espouse

   types:

   fasten on, hook on, latch on, seize on, take up

   adopt

   type of:

   accept

   consider or hold as true