Usually means: Develop romantic feelings for someone.
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  1. fall for: Merriam-Webster
  2. fall for: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. fall for: Collins English Dictionary
  4. fall for: Vocabulary.com
  5. fall for: Wiktionary
  6. fall for: Dictionary.com
  7. fall for: Rhymezone
  8. fall for: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. fall for: FreeDictionary.org
  10. fall for: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. fall for: TheFreeDictionary.com
  12. fall for: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. fall for: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. fall for: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

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Definitions from Wiktionary (fall for)

▸ verb:  (idiomatic) To be fooled by; to walk into (a trap) or respond to (a scam or trick).
▸ verb:  (idiomatic) To fall in love with.

Similar:
fall into a trap, get taken in, walk into, fall into, catch, take the bait, fool, have, play for a fool, hook in, more...

Opposite:
reject, dislike, disapprove of

Phrases:
Let's Fall in Love for the Night, fall for you, fall for it, fall for a banana peel prank, endearing or easy to fall for, more...

Adjectives:
flat out, fallen, chopfallen, fade, ebb, downfallen, prostrate, downtrodden, down, lag, broke

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Similar:
fall into a trap, get taken in, walk into, fall into, catch, take the bait, fool, have, play for a fool, hook in, more...

Opposite:
reject, dislike, disapprove of

Phrases:
Let's Fall in Love for the Night, fall for you, fall for it, fall for a banana peel prank, endearing or easy to fall for, take the fall for someone else, dont fall for this trap, more...

Adjectives:
flat out, fallen, chopfallen, fade, ebb, downfallen, prostrate, downtrodden, down, lag, broke



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