Defenition of the word sweep up

Defenition of the word sweep up
- 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"
- take up the cause or ideology of (beliefs, tasks, etc.)
- take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one''s own; "She embraced Catholocism"; "They adopted the Jewish faith"
- 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"
- take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own
- force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action