swept up

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Definition of swept up in English English dictionary
sweep up: to overwhelm
sweep up: to transport to shore by waves
The only thing that frees the country from this curse is a favorable wind; this blows them into the sea, where they drown and are swept up on the beach for days afterwards in great heaps.
sweep up: To clean by sweeping
We swept up the leaves which had blown into the shop.
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"
sweep up: {f} remove dust or dirt from the floor using a broom; embrace and take up the ideology or practice of a person and use it as one's own
sweep up: take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own; "She embraced Catholocism"; "They adopted the Jewish faith"
sweep up: If you sweep up rubbish or dirt, you push it together with a brush and then remove it. Get a broom and sweep up that glass will you? He started working for a gallery sweeping up and making the tea

swept up

Turkish pronunciation

swept ʌp

/ˈswept ˈəp/ /ˈswɛpt ˈʌp/

[ 'swEp ] (verb.) 14th century. Middle English swepen; akin to Old English swApan to sweep, Old High German sweifen to wander.

... We're all swept up in the river of time. Time can speed up and slow down. Time ...

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