suck (someone) into (something)
- suck (someone) into (something)
- suck (someone) into (something)
to cause someone to become involved in something or do something.
I got sucked into their argument because I was a friend of the family.
I didn't return the salesman's phone calls because I didn't want to be sucked in.
Usage notes: usually used as get sucked into something or be sucked into something, as in the examples, and often said of someone who becomes involved without fully understanding the situation
New idioms dictionary.
2014.
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suck someone in/into — involve (someone) in something without their choosing. → suck … English new terms dictionary
suck — ► VERB 1) draw into the mouth by contracting the lip muscles to make a partial vacuum. 2) hold (something) in the mouth and draw at it by contracting the lip and cheek muscles. 3) draw in a specified direction by creating a vacuum. 4) (suck… … English terms dictionary
suck — suck1 [ sʌk ] verb ** 1. ) intransitive or transitive to pull liquid into your mouth by using the muscles in your cheeks and tongue: After the accident, I could only suck liquids through a straw. suck at: a baby sucking at the breast a ) to put… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
suck — suck1 S3 [sʌk] v [: Old English; Origin: sucan] 1.) [I and T] to take air, liquid etc into your mouth by making your lips form a small hole and using the muscles of your mouth to pull it in suck sth in ▪ Michael put the cigarette to his lips and… … Dictionary of contemporary English
suck — 1 verb (I, T) 1 drink to take liquid into your mouth by tightening your lips into a small hole and using the muscles of your mouth to pull the liquid in: suck at sth: a baby sucking at its mother s breast | suck sth up: Jennie sucked up the last… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
suck — I UK [sʌk] / US verb Word forms suck : present tense I/you/we/they suck he/she/it sucks present participle sucking past tense sucked past participle sucked ** 1) [intransitive/transitive] to pull liquid into your mouth by using the muscles in… … English dictionary
suck — verb 1》 draw into the mouth by contracting the muscles of the lip and mouth to make a partial vacuum. ↘hold (something) in the mouth and draw at it by contracting the lip and cheek muscles. ↘draw in a specified direction by creating a… … English new terms dictionary
suck — [[t]sʌ̱k[/t]] sucks, sucking, sucked 1) VERB If you suck something, you hold it in your mouth and pull at it with the muscles in your cheeks and tongue, for example in order to get liquid out of it. [V n] They waited in silence and sucked their… … English dictionary
suck — /sʌk / (say suk) verb (t) 1. to draw into the mouth by action of the lips and tongue which produces a partial vacuum: to suck lemonade through a straw. 2. to draw (water, moisture, air, etc.) by any process resembling this: plants suck up… …
sucker — suck|er1 [ sʌkər ] noun count ▸ 1 someone easily tricked ▸ 2 lollipop ▸ 3 for sticking onto something ▸ 4 thing ▸ 5 plant growing on another ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) INFORMAL someone who is easily tricked or easily persuaded to do something: One poor… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
