fall for

fall for
1) PHRASAL VERB If you fall for someone, you are strongly attracted to them and start loving them.

[V P n] He was fantastically handsome - I just fell for him right away.

2) PHRASAL VERB If you fall for a lie or trick, you believe it or are deceived by it.

[V P n] It was just a line to get you out here, and you fell for it!...

[V P n] I told him I would think about it and asked for his telephone number. He didn't fall for that one.


English dictionary. 2008.

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