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[ verb ] force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action

Examples

"They were swept up by the events" "don't drag me into this business"

Used in print

(The Rev. John A. O'Brien, "Let's Take Birth Control...)

Immediately , the religious groups of the city were embroiled in an angry dispute over the alleged invasion of a man 's right to freedom of religious_belief and conscience .

Related terms

involve imbroglio

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