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fall for

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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.
See also: fall

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 (= to completely believe that something is true)
See also: fall
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