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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

suck into en · VERB

Meanings

  1. To cause someone to become slowly more and more involved in a business or situation that is often not to that person's liking.
    • I really didn't want to be on the committee, but somehow I got sucked into it.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
sucked into Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
sucked into Tense=Past lexicographic
sucks into Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
sucking into Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Synonyms

draw into · draw in · suck in

Translations (2)

nl inzuigen (cause someone to become slowly more and more involved in a business or situation that is often not to that person's liking) · nl ingezogen worden (cause someone to become slowly more and more involved in a business or situation that is often not to that person's liking)