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fall for

fall for verb: to be fooled by; to walk into (a trap) or respond to (a scam or trick).

Verb

fall for (third-person singular simple present falls for, present participle falling for, simple past fell for, past participle fallen for)

  1. (idiomatic) To be fooled by; to walk into (a trap) or respond to (a scam or trick).
    • I can't believe how many people still fall for the coin glued to the sidewalk.
  2. (idiomatic) To fall in love with.
    • He really fell for the attractive waitress at his favorite restaurant.
    • 'He's a good-looking chap, but don't fall for him. I don't think he's got much heart.'1953, Ian Fleming, “The Game Is Baccarat”, in Casino Royale, London: Pan Books, published 1955, page 65

fall for meaning in Malayalam, Kannada, Tagalog and Arabic

fall for in Malayalam

fall in love with, become infatuated with, lose one's heart to
ആകർഷിക്കപ്പെടുക, പ്രേമത്തിൽ വീഴുക, ഒരാളിൽ പ്രത്യേക പ്രേമം തോന്നുക, ഭ്രമിച്ചു വശാകുക, ഇഷ്ടമാവുക, പ്രേമിക്കുക
be duped by, be deceived by, be fooled by
ആകർഷണത്തിൽ വീഴുക, ചതിയിൽവീഴുക, കൗശലപ്രയോഗത്താൽ പിടിക്കപ്പെടുക, ചതിപറ്റുക, ചെണ്ട പിണയുക, ചെണ്ടപ്പെടുക

fall for in Kannada

ಮರುಳಾಗು, ಮೋಹಿತನಾಗು

fall for in Tagalog

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

fall for in Arabic

To be fooled by; to walk into a trap or respond to a scam or trick
اِنْخَدَعَ بِـ inḵadaʕa bi-
To fall in love with
تَهَافَتَ عَلَى tahāfata ʕalā
More languagesFewer languages
fall for in Vietnamese
yêu

Forms of fall for

third-person singular presentfalls for
present participlefalling for
pastfell for
past participlefallen for

Questions about fall for

What does fall for mean?
Fall for means to be fooled by; to walk into (a trap) or respond to (a scam or trick).
What is fall for in Malayalam?
Fall for in Malayalam is ആകർഷിക്കപ്പെടുക, പ്രേമത്തിൽ വീഴുക, ഒരാളിൽ പ്രത്യേക പ്രേമം തോന്നുക. See Fall for meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is fall for?
Fall for is a verb.
What is the past tense of fall for?
The past tense of fall for is fell for.

Words near fall for in the dictionary

  1. fall equinoxes
  2. fall flat
  3. fall flat on one's face
  4. fall foliage
  5. fall foliages
  6. fall for
  7. fall foul
  8. fall from grace
  9. fall guy
  10. fall guys
  11. fall home

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: fall for (page history and authors); fall for (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); fall for (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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