sweep up

verb3

1. •
   To clean by sweeping.

   • I'll wash the floor after sweeping up.
   • We swept up the leaves which had blown into the shop.
2. •
   to overwhelm, to cause to become overly involved in.

   • We got swept up in the excitement.
3. •
   To transport to shore by waves.

   • The only thing that frees the country from this curse is a favorable wind; this blows them into the sea, where they drown and are swept up on the beach for days afterwards in great heaps — 1897