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fallen for

fallen for is the past participle of fall for.

Meaning of fall for

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.

Questions about fallen for

What is fallen for the past participle of?
Fallen for is the past participle of fall for.

Words near fallen for in the dictionary

  1. fallen down
  2. fallen down on
  3. fallen due
  4. fallen flat
  5. fallen flat on one's face
  6. fallen for
  7. fallen foul
  8. fallen from grace
  9. fallen ill
  10. fallen in
  11. fallen in line

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fallen for (page history and authors); fall for (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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