sweep up

verbs

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"

drag, drag in, embroil, sweep, sweep up, tangle

take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own

"She embraced Catholicism"; "They adopted the Jewish faith"

adopt, embrace, espouse, sweep up