involve someone with someone or something
- involve someone with someone or something
involve someone with someone or something
1. to cause someone to associate with someone or something. •
Don't try to involve me with John. I can't stand him.
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We will try to involve all the teachers with the new association.
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I will not involve myself with such goings-on.
2. to connect someone or someone's name to activity (often wrongdoing) associated with someone or something. •
Don't try to involve Amy with the crime. She is innocent.
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We involved the committee with the intense lobbying effort, and everyone began to see the extent of its inf luence.
Dictionary of American idioms.
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