sweep up (
http://definr.com/sweep up)
v 1: 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" [syn:
embroil,
tangle,
sweep,
drag,
drag in]
2: take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone
and use it as one's own; "She embraced Catholocism"; "They
adopted the Jewish faith" [syn:
espouse,
embrace,
adopt]