'sweep up' definitions:
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" [syn:
embroil,
tangle,
sweep, sweep up,
drag,
drag in]
verb
Take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own; "She embraced Catholicism"; "They adopted the Jewish faith" [syn:
espouse,
embrace,
adopt, sweep up]
Words containing 'sweep up'
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Sweep,
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Sweeping,
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Sweepingly,
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Sweepings,
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sweep off,
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sweep out,
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sweep over,
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sweep through,
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Chimney sweep,
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Sweep net,
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Sweep of the tiller,
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To sweep a mold,
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To sweep the deck,
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To sweep up a mold,
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Well sweep,
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clean sweep,
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sweep away,
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sweep hand,
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sweep oar,
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sweep under the rug,
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Sweep-saw,
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sweep-second