(v) force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action, Syn. drag, drag in, sweep, tangle, sweep up, Example:They were swept up by the events; don't drag me into this business
(v) take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own, Syn. embrace, adopt, sweep up, Example:She embraced Catholicism; They adopted the Jewish faith