Meaning

2 senses
  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.

    einsaugen

    вса́сыватьvsásyvatʹ, всоса́тьvsosátʹ

    всмо́ктуватиvsmóktuvaty, всмокта́тиvsmoktáty, всо́туватиvsótuvaty

    draw in as if by suction

  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.

Examples

7 sentences
  1. I got sucked in on a lot of phony deals.

  2. It's easy to get sucked in.

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  3. It's easy to get sucked back in.

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  4. The boat was sucked in.

    deDas Boot wurde eingeholt. — Tamy

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  5. I had to babysit him for the whole day and let me say, he just sucked in all my energy levels.

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Translations

5 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to draw inward using suction:
Русский
By meaning 1
to draw inward using suction:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to draw inward using suction:

Forms

sucks in, sucking in, sucked in, sucked in
Base formsuck in · to suck in
3rd person singularsucks in
Present participlesucking in
Past simplesucked in
Past participlesucked in

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theysuck in
he, she, itsucks in

Past simpleLesson

all personssucked in

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave sucked in
he, she, ithas sucked in

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill suck in

Phrasal verbs

7 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

9 synonyms
cause someone to become involved in a situation::draw into
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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