Verb has 2 senses

• sweep up(v = verb.stative) drag, drag in, embroil, sweep, tangle - force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action; "don't drag me into this business"; "They were swept up by the events"

Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP

• sweep up(v = verb.cognition) adopt, embrace, espouse - take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own; "She embraced Catholicism"; "They adopted the Jewish faith"


Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something