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fall for — (something) to believe something that is not true. I stupidly fell for his story until someone told me he was already married. Related vocabulary: hook, line, and sinker Etymology: based on the phrase fall for something hook, line, and sinker (=… … New idioms dictionary
fall for — (someone) to find someone attractive and begin to love them. They met at a friend s house and fell for each other immediately … New idioms dictionary
fall for — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms fall for : present tense I/you/we/they fall for he/she/it falls for present participle falling for past tense fell for past participle fallen for 1) fall for someone to be very attracted to someone and to… … English dictionary
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… … English dictionary
fall for — 1) she fell for John Syn: fall in love with, become infatuated with, lose one s heart to, take a fancy to, be smitten with/by, be attracted to; informal have the hots for 2) she won t fall for that trick Syn: be deceived by, be duped by, be… … Thesaurus of popular words
fall for — informal 1) she fell for John Syn: fall in love with, take a fancy to, be smitten by, be attracted to 2) she won t fall for that trick Syn: be deceived by, be duped by, be fooled by, be taken in by; informal go for, buy … Synonyms and antonyms dictionary
fall for — {v.}, {slang} 1. To begin to like very much. * /Dick fell for baseball when he was a little boy./ 2. To begin to love (a boy or a girl.) * /Helen was a very pretty girl and people were not surprised that Bill fell for her./ 3. To believe… … Dictionary of American idioms
fall for — {v.}, {slang} 1. To begin to like very much. * /Dick fell for baseball when he was a little boy./ 2. To begin to love (a boy or a girl.) * /Helen was a very pretty girl and people were not surprised that Bill fell for her./ 3. To believe… … Dictionary of American idioms
fall\ for — v slang 1. To begin to like very much. Dick fell for baseball when he was a little boy. 2. To begin to love (a boy or a girl.) Helen was a very pretty girl and people were not surprised that Bill fell for her. 3. To believe (something told to… … Словарь американских идиом
fall for — phr verb Fall for is used with these nouns as the object: ↑flattery, ↑hoax, ↑trick … Collocations dictionary
