"suck in" meaning in English

See suck in in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: sucks in [present, singular, third-person], sucking in [participle, present], sucked in [participle, past], sucked in [past]
Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: transitive Synonyms: draw in, rope in, rope into, suck into Translations (to draw inward using suction): einsaugen (German), beszív (Hungarian), risucchiare (Italian), wsysać [imperfective] (Polish), wessać [perfective] (Polish), zasysać [imperfective] (Polish), zassać [perfective] (Polish), вса́сывать (vsásyvatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), всоса́ть (vsosátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), усиса́вати [Cyrillic, imperfective] (Serbo-Croatian), у̀сисати [Cyrillic, perfective] (Serbo-Croatian), usisávati [Roman, imperfective] (Serbo-Croatian), ùsisati [Roman, perfective] (Serbo-Croatian), всмо́ктувати (vsmóktuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), всмокта́ти (vsmoktáty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), всо́тувати (vsótuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), всота́ти (vsotáty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), всиса́ти (vsysáty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), ввісса́ти (vvissáty) [perfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-suck_in-en-verb-zHeevfhh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "in", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 69 31 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "in": 71 29 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 80 20 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 72 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 64 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 74 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of 'to draw inward using suction': 93 7
  2. (transitive, idiomatic) To cause (someone) to become slowly more and more involved in some business or situation that may not be to their advantage. Tags: idiomatic, transitive Synonyms (cause someone to become involved in a situation:): draw into
    Sense id: en-suck_in-en-verb-UnssA0Jx Disambiguation of 'cause someone to become involved in a situation:': 3 97

Inflected forms

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          "roman": "vsmóktuvaty",
          "sense": "to draw inward using suction",
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "to draw inward using suction",
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      "sense": "to draw inward using suction",
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