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  1. sweep up:


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Detailed Synonyms for sweep up in English

sweep up:

to sweep up verb (sweeps up, swept up, sweeping up)

  1. to sweep up
    to sweep up
    • sweep up verb (sweeps up, swept up, sweeping up)
  2. to sweep up
    – take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own 1
    to embrace; to adopt; to espouse; to sweep up
    – take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own 1
    • embrace verb (embraces, embraced, embracing)
      • She embraced Catholicism1
    • adopt verb (adopts, adopted, adopting)
      • They adopted the Jewish faith1
    • espouse verb (espouses, espoused, espousing)
    • sweep up verb (sweeps up, swept up, sweeping up)
  3. to sweep up
    – force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action 1
    to drag; to sweep; to tangle; to sweep up; embroil; drag in
    – force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action 1
    • drag verb (drags, dragged, dragging)
      • don't drag me into this business1
    • sweep verb (sweeps, swept, sweeping)
      • They were swept up by the events1
    • tangle verb (tangles, tangled, tangling)
    • sweep up verb (sweeps up, swept up, sweeping up)
    • embroil verb
    • drag in verb

Conjugations for sweep up:

present
  1. sweep up
  2. sweep up
  3. sweeps up
  4. sweep up
  5. sweep up
  6. sweep up
simple past
  1. swept up
  2. swept up
  3. swept up
  4. swept up
  5. swept up
  6. swept up
present perfect
  1. have swept up
  2. have swept up
  3. has swept up
  4. have swept up
  5. have swept up
  6. have swept up
past continuous
  1. was sweeping up
  2. were sweeping up
  3. was sweeping up
  4. were sweeping up
  5. were sweeping up
  6. were sweeping up
future
  1. shall sweep up
  2. will sweep up
  3. will sweep up
  4. shall sweep up
  5. will sweep up
  6. will sweep up
continuous present
  1. am sweeping up
  2. are sweeping up
  3. is sweeping up
  4. are sweeping up
  5. are sweeping up
  6. are sweeping up
subjunctive
  1. be swept up
  2. be swept up
  3. be swept up
  4. be swept up
  5. be swept up
  6. be swept up
diverse
  1. sweep up!
  2. let's sweep up!
  3. swept up
  4. sweeping up
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

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Related Definitions for "sweep up":

  1. take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own1
  2. force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action1

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