got involved
- participatedTook an active role
- joinedLinked or united
- engagedPledged to marry
- committedFirmly pledged or bound
- entangledTwisted together inseparably
immersed · invested · meddled · interfered · hooked · drawn in · caught up · swept up · tangled · enmeshed · plunged · stepped up · volunteered · enlisted · signed up · embroiled · wrapped up · sucked in
- took actionacted, took charge, took control, took command, initiated
participation
got involvedkept out
Prevented from entering
withdrew · pulled out · opted out · backed out · disengaged
intervention vs. non-intervention
got involvedstood by
Supported or awaited
looked the other way · turned a blind eye · let it be · left alone · washed one's hands of