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sweep up

verbverified·updated Jun 3, 2026

take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own

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Wordset Dictionary

force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action

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Variants

synonym
dragembrace
pasttense
sweeped up
presentparticiple
sweeping up
thirdpersonsingular
sweeps up
pastparticiple
sweeped up