sweep up
verb
- embrace, become overwhelmed by
- clean or remove by sweeping, or in a sweeping motion
Wiktionary
verb
- To clean by sweeping.
“I'll wash the floor after sweeping up.”
“We swept up the leaves which had blown into the shop.”
- To transport to shore by waves.
“The only thing that frees the country from this curse is a favorable wind; this blows them into the sea, where they drown and are swept up on the beach for days afterwards in great heaps”
- to overwhelm, to cause to become overly involved in.
“We got swept up in the excitement.”