suck in

Verb

suck in (third-person singular simple present sucks in, present participle sucking in, simple past and past participle sucked in)

1. (transitive) To draw inward using suction. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see suck, in.
   • This is the component of the vacuum cleaner that sucks in dust.
   • I sucked in my belly, hoping to hide the extra weight I had put on over the holidays.

   Synonyms:

   draw in, rope in, rope into, suck into

2. (idiomatic, transitive) To cause (someone) to become slowly more and more involved in some business or situation that may not be to their advantage.
   • I really didn't want to be on the committee, but somehow I got sucked in.
   • Critics argue that chatbots can be dangerous because—just like social media—they are engineered to suck us in.2025 December 11, Charlie Campbell, Andrew R. Chow and Billy Perrigo, “The Architects of AI Are TIME’s 2025 Person of the Year”, in Time

   Synonyms:

   draw into