What is the meaning of suck in?

Take up as if with a sponge.
- synonyms: take in, sop up, take up
Attract by using an inexorable force, inducement, etc..
- usage: "The current boom in the economy sucked many workers in from abroad"
- synonyms: suck
Draw in as if by suction.
- usage: "suck in your cheeks and stomach"
- synonyms: draw in

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