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EMBROIL

Pronunciation (US):

• EMBROIL (verb)
The verb EMBROIL has 1 sense:

1. force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action

Familiarity information: EMBROIL used as a verb is very rare.

• EMBROIL (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

drag in; embroil; sweep up; tangle; drag; sweep

Context examples:

They were swept up by the events / don't drag me into this business

Hypernyms (to "embroil" is one way to...):

involve (engage as a participant)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP

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