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Phrase(s): engage someone or something in something
1. to make someone or a group busy doing something. • She knew how to engage the boys in useful activity. • The den mother engaged the scouts in a woodworking project. 2. to draw someone or something into something. • The enemy sought to engage our troops in battle but failed. • I tried to engage Gerald in conversation.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs