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Princeton's WordNet

  1. fall forverb

    fall in love with; become infatuated with

    "She fell for the man from Brazil"

  2. fall forverb

    be deceived, duped, or entrapped by

    "He fell for her charms"; "He fell for the con man's story"

Wiktionary

  1. fall forverb

    To be fooled; to walk into a trap or respond to a scam or trick.

  2. fall forverb

    To fall in love with someone.

ChatGPT

  1. fall for

    To "fall for" generally means to be deceived by or to begin having romantic feelings towards someone or something. In the context of deception, it refers to being tricked into believing something that is not true. In the context of romance, it refers to the process of developing love or deep affection for someone.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of fall for in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of fall for in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of fall for in a Sentence

  1. Hillary Clinton:

    Fox leads the charge with accusations against me, counting on their audience to fall for it again.

  2. Steve Hilton:

    Do not fall for it, Mr. President.

  3. Craig James:

    Over the last six weeks, petrol prices have fallen by 21 cents a litre - the biggest fall for an equivalent period in six years.

  4. Shayan Das:

    At the end of the day, the only thing you’ll sigh over after making a poet fall for you is that you could not become his first love.

  5. Blake Goddard:

    I owe this. I was stupid enough to fall for this. I'm going to pay it back -- it's my responsibility.


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