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SWEEP UP

Definition:

[verb] force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action; "They were swept up by the events"; "don't drag me into this business"
Synonyms: embroil, tangle, sweep, drag, drag in
[verb] take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own; "She embraced Catholocism"; "They adopted the Jewish faith"
Synonyms: espouse, embrace, adopt