English

Verb

suck in ‎(third-person singular simple present sucks in, present participle sucking in, simple past and past participle sucked in)

1. (idiomatic) To 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 in.

2. (idiomatic) To contract one's abdominal muscles to make one's stomach look flatter.

   I sucked in my belly, hoping to hide the extra weight I had put on over the holidays.

Usage notes

• When used in the sense "to cause someone to become involved in a situation", it is usually in the passive; one is sucked in by the situation.

Synonyms

• (cause someone to become involved in a situation:) draw into, draw in, rope in, rope into, suck into