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suck into

suck into verb: to cause someone to become slowly more and more involved in a business or situation that is often not to that person's liking.

Verb

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

  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.

Synonyms of suck into

Forms of suck into

third-person singular presentsucks into
present participlesucking into
past participlesucked into
pastsucked into

Questions about suck into

What does suck into mean?
Suck into means to cause someone to become slowly more and more involved in a business or situation that is often not to that person's liking.
What part of speech is suck into?
Suck into is a verb.
What is the past tense of suck into?
The past tense of suck into is sucked into.

Words near suck into in the dictionary

  1. suck down
  2. suck dry
  3. suck face
  4. suck hind tit
  5. suck in
  6. suck into
  7. suck it
  8. suck it and see
  9. suck it up
  10. suck it up, buttercup
  11. suck lemons

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