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fell for

fell for is the simple past 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.

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What is fell for the simple past of?
Fell for is the simple past of fall for.

Words near fell for in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fell 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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