swept up
Caught in momentum
Swept up describes being caught in something larger than yourself—a movement, emotion, or event that carries you along.
You get swept up in the excitement of a crowd, swept up in romance, swept up in the moment.
The phrase suggests losing yourself to external forces, willingly or not.
Literally, swept up means gathered by sweeping: She swept up the broken glass.
- tidiedMade neat
- gatheredBrought into one place
- absorbedTook in fully
- collectedCalm and self-possessed
- embroiledInvolved in conflict
captivated · carried away · got carried away · organized · enthralled · transported · caught up · propelled · overwhelmed · immersed · cleaned · mopped · brushed · vacuumed · engulfed · in a frenzy · dusted · dust bunny
swept upleft behind
Abandoned or forgotten
left out · detached · uninvolved · disengaged · excluded
swept upscattered
Spread irregularly about
strewn · left behind · dispersed · spread out · dumped
swept updetached
Apart or uninvolved
unmoved · unaffected · indifferent · disengaged · aloof
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