as in to deceive
to cause to believe what is untrue
she was sucked in by a scam that was run by a shady outfit selling time-shares
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Recent Examples of suck in
Drive through deep water, and your diffs may also suck in a little bit of moisture, slowly polluting the oil that lubricates them.
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Wes Siler, Outside Online, 2 Mar. 2025
Related article Engaging your core is not the same as sucking in your belly.
—Dana Santas, CNN, 12 Jan. 2025
In the past 15 years alone, Tesla, Musk’s $1.1 trillion company, and SpaceX, his $350 billion valuation company, have sucked in a stunning $30 billion in public dollars.
—Alan Ohnsman, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
Typically, at the end of a permanent press cycle, the dryer sucks in cooler air (or room temperature air) to relax lingering wrinkles on the clothes.
—Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Feb. 2025
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Wes Siler, Outside Online, 2 Mar. 2025
Related article Engaging your core is not the same as sucking in your belly.
—Dana Santas, CNN, 12 Jan. 2025
In the past 15 years alone, Tesla, Musk’s $1.1 trillion company, and SpaceX, his $350 billion valuation company, have sucked in a stunning $30 billion in public dollars.
—Alan Ohnsman, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
Typically, at the end of a permanent press cycle, the dryer sucks in cooler air (or room temperature air) to relax lingering wrinkles on the clothes.
—Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Feb. 2025
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Jurors found Peters guilty in August for using someone else’s security badge to give an expert affiliated with My Pillow chief executive Mike Lindell access to the Mesa County election system and deceiving other officials about that person’s identity.—
Colleen Slevin,
Twin Cities,
22 Apr. 2025
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Stribling tried to deceive officers by saying Bailei was shot in a robbery, The Detroit News reported.—
Mike Stunson,
Kansas City Star,
17 Apr. 2025
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The latest attacks follow recent patterns, mimicking Google’s own support to trick users into giving up credentials.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
4 May 2025
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Elsewhere in the film, the Irish vampire Remmick, pursued by Choctaw vampire hunters, tricks his way into the protection of a pair of Klan members living near Clarksdale and turns them into creatures of the night.—
Adam Serwer,
The Atlantic,
2 May 2025
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Rather than get stuck in or fooled by the appearance of things, this principle reminded us to sense their energetic underpinnings, such as clarity and intention.—
Ginny Whitelaw,
Forbes.com,
1 May 2025
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Don’t be fooled by the context of what is said: the basis for the drama is jealousy and control.—
Lisa Stardust,
Refinery29,
1 May 2025
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“Suck in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suck%20in. Accessed 13 May. 2025.
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