Caught up
Caught up adjective - Having become involved involuntarily.
Both terms in one sentence
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From there he gets caught up in a tangled web of terrorism, murder, and outrunning the police.Along the way they also meet Mitsuba Maezono, another kid who is connected to them.
Source: Manga / Anne Freaks - Tangled has the love theme "Now That I See You" played in a mournful oboe solo as Flynn-becoming-Eugene-Again realizes that his old criminal friends have caught up with him and want the crown from him.
Source: Mood Motif -
The butler in Oliver & Company is watching a wrestling match on TV and getting caught up in the action when the phone rings, and he swings around so hard when answering it that he gets tangled up in the cord.
Source: Tied Up on the Phone
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