The whirlpool sucked the swimmers into the depths of the river.
•The whirlpool sucked in a swimmer.
•A whirlpool nearly sucked our canoe in.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
suck (someone) into (something) — to cause someone to become involved in something or do something. I got sucked into their argument because I was a friend of the family. I didn t return the salesman s phone calls because I didn t want to be sucked in. Usage notes: usually used… … New idioms dictionary
suck someone or something dry — suck (someone or something) dry see ↑dry, 1 • • • Main Entry: ↑suck … Useful english dictionary
milk/bleed/suck someone or something dry — milk/bleed/suck (someone or something) dry informal : to take or use up everything from (someone or something) He married her for her money and then bled her dry. She milked the system dry. • • • Main Entry: ↑dry … Useful english dictionary
suck someone in/into — involve (someone) in something without their choosing. → suck … English new terms dictionary
suck someone’s hind tit — AND kiss someone’s hind tit tv. to be obsequious to someone. (Usually objectionable.) □ What does he want me to do, suck his hind tit or something? … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
bum about someone or something — in. to e depressed about someone or something. □ She’s really bum about her grades. They suck … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
suck dry — phrasal : to draw all the vitality, resources, or strength of : exhaust several centuries of essentialist thought have sucked dry reality Modern Schoolman * * * suck (someone or something) dry see ↑dry, 1 • • • Main Entry: ↑suck … Useful english dictionary
suck — ► VERB 1) draw into the mouth by contracting the lip muscles to make a partial vacuum. 2) hold (something) in the mouth and draw at it by contracting the lip and cheek muscles. 3) draw in a specified direction by creating a vacuum. 4) (suck… … English terms dictionary
suck — suck1 [ sʌk ] verb ** 1. ) intransitive or transitive to pull liquid into your mouth by using the muscles in your cheeks and tongue: After the accident, I could only suck liquids through a straw. suck at: a baby sucking at the breast a ) to put… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
suck — suck1 S3 [sʌk] v [: Old English; Origin: sucan] 1.) [I and T] to take air, liquid etc into your mouth by making your lips form a small hole and using the muscles of your mouth to pull it in suck sth in ▪ Michael put the cigarette to his lips and… … Dictionary of contemporary English
suck — 1 verb (I, T) 1 drink to take liquid into your mouth by tightening your lips into a small hole and using the muscles of your mouth to pull the liquid in: suck at sth: a baby sucking at its mother s breast | suck sth up: Jennie sucked up the last… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
