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fall for

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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. Keith McCoy:

    I am deeply embarrassed by my comments and that I allowed Keith McCoy to fall for Greenpeace's deception, my statements clearly do not represent ExxonMobil's positions on important public policy issues. While some of my comments were taken out of context, there is no excuse for what I said or how I said it.

  2. God's Little Instruction Book:

    If you don't stand up for something, then you'll fall for anything.

  3. Marco Rubio:

    Don't fall for it.

  4. Ricky Shub:

    He's taking the fall for a bunch of past governors that put us in this position, everyone here is right to do what they're doing, but they should have done it 20 years ago.

  5. Joe Radinovich:

    I don't think Minnesotans are going to fall for it.


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