Caught up
Caught up adjective - Having become involved involuntarily.
Deep and caught up are semantically related. in preoccupied topic. In some cases you can use "Deep" instead an adjective "Caught up".
Both terms in one sentence
- The Mafia: Almost immediately after arriving on Earth, Heller gets caught up in a mob war and gets in deep with the Corleone outfit.
Source: Literature / Mission Earth - Xanatos Speed Chess: Almost all of the many characters get caught up knee-deep in intrigue and hatch their own elaborate plans.
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In "The Expanse", unless Duras had caught up with them that very second, we have to assume that he'd intentionally waited until Enterprise had dropped out of warp in the Solar System before staging his ambush, instead of attacking them whilst in Deep Space.
Source: Series / Star Trek: Enterprise
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Deep and Caught up. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/caught_up/deep
Caught up & Deep. N.p., 2016. Web. 13 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/caught_up/deep>.
Deep or Caught up. 2016. Accessed August 13, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/caught_up/deep.
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