Caught up
Caught up adjective - Having become involved involuntarily.
Taken up
Taken up adjective - Having or showing excessive or compulsive concern with something.
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Caught Up in the Rapture: The belief held by some Christian denominations that faithful Christians will be taken up to Heaven at the end of the world, and spared the tribulation to come.
Source: Useful Notes / Christianity
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