Suck (someone) in suck in (someone)
To deceive someone.The man always sucks me in with his long and strange stories.
To deceive someone.The man always sucks me in with his long and strange stories.
In the less-than-perfect condition in which one finds something.I received the old car such as it is but it is not worth very much.
Of a particular kind, for example.I need various tools such as a hammer and a saw in order to complete the job.
Someone or something whose name has been forgotten.My friend is always trying to borrow such and such from me but I always say no.
To regularly receive a magazine or something similar, to give support or consent to something.I subscribe to several magazines but I do not have... Read more →
Open or exposed to some unfortunate or undesirable thing.The new school policy was subject to much criticism.
Depending on something, likely to have something.The purchase of the house was subject to several conditions.
Something that prevents or obstructs progress.The salary issue was a stumbling block in the negotiations between the company and the union.
To enter a place by stumbling.I stumbled into my bedroom and went to bed.
To find someone or something by accident or in an unplanned manner.I stumbled across a very nice restaurant last weekend.