Main entry: sweep up, adopt, embrace, espouse
Definition: take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own
Usage: She embraced Catholicism; They adopted the Jewish faith
Main entry: adopt, espouse, follow
Definition: choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans
Usage: She followed the feminist movement; The candidate espouses Republican ideals
Main entry: wed, get hitched with, get married, hook up with, conjoin, espouse, marry
Definition: take in marriage