"suck into" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: sucks into [present, singular, third-person], sucking into [participle, present], sucked into [participle, past], sucked into [past]
Head templates: {{en-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. Synonyms: draw into, draw in, suck in Translations (cause someone to become slowly more and more involved in a business or situation that is often not to that person's liking): inzuigen (Dutch), ingezogen worden (Dutch)

Inflected forms

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