Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

suck into

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.41 in modern English

Syllables: suck- in-to
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To cause someone to become slowly more and more involved in a business or situation that is often not to that person's liking.

Example Sentences

"I really didn't want to be on the committee, but somehow I got sucked into it."

Inflected Forms

sucks into (present, singular) sucking into (participle, present) sucked into (participle, past) sucked into (past)

Synonyms

draw into draw in suck in

Questions

What does suck into mean?: To cause someone to become slowly more and more involved in a business or situation that is often not to that person's liking.

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