embroil someone in something
- embroil someone in something
embroil someone in something
Fig. to entangle someone in something; to get someone involved in something. •
Please do not embroil me in your squabbles.
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I wish I could keep from embroiling myself in this kind of mess.
Dictionary of American idioms.
2013.
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