definition of
sweep up

[1] #1 sweep up v. 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". wn

[2] #2 sweep up v. take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own; "She embraced Catholicism"; "They adopted the Jewish faith". wn