Definition of "suck into" [suck into]

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

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• "But he saw the fothered sail placed against the hole, and with intense satisfaction he saw the hairy mass suck into position, dimpling over the hole to form a deep hollow so that he could be sure that the hole was plugged solid."