suck into
To cause someone to become slowly more and more involved in a business or situation…To cause someone to become slowly more and more involved in a business or situation that is often not to that person's liking.
» Our boat got sucked into a whirlpool.
Unser Boot wurde in einen Strudel gesaugt.
Нашу лодку затянуло в водоворот.
Meaning
1 sensesTo 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.
Examples
19 sentencesOur boat got sucked into a whirlpool.
ruНашу лодку затянуло в водоворот. — marafon
deUnser Boot wurde in einen Strudel gesaugt. — Yorwba
I won't get sucked into this.
Tom got sucked into it.
Tom was sucked into the vortex.
He was sucked out into space.
Forms
sucks into, sucking into, sucked into, sucked into| Base form | suck into · to suck into |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | sucks into |
| Present participle | sucking into |
| Past simple | sucked into |
| Past participle | sucked into |
irregular
Phrasal verbs
7 phrasal verbs- suck upбити чолом, вклонятисяTo absorb (fluid).
- suck inвсмоктувати, всмоктатиTo draw inward using suction. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see suck, in.
- suck downвдихнути, вдихатиTo drink (or, more rarely, eat) all of something quickly.
- suck intoпритягнути, притягтиTo cause someone to become slowly more and more involved in a business or situation that is often not to that person's liking.
- suck offTo perform oral sex on.
- suck outUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see suck, out.
- suck underTo pull (someone or something) under the surface of a body of water.
Synonyms
3 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb