sweep up

Verb
  1. Force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action (synset 202683607)
    "They were swept up by the events"; "don't drag me into this business"
    is a type of: involve - engage as a participant
    same as: drag, drag in, embroil, sweep, tangle
  2. Take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own (synset 200603217)
    "She embraced Catholicism"; "They adopted the Jewish faith"
    is a type of: accept - consider or hold as true
    subtypes: fasten on, hook on, latch on, seize on, take up - adopt
    same as: adopt, embrace, espouse

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