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getting mixed up in; getting embroiled in; involvement; entanglement; by-blow
喧嘩の巻き添えを食った。
I got caught up in the fight.
巻き添えで怪我をした人がいる。
Some people were injured as collateral damage.
部署間の争いに巻き添えになりたくない。
I don't want to get embroiled in the dispute between departments.