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fell prey

fell prey is the simple past of fall prey.

Meaning of fall prey

Verb

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

  1. To be affected, or overcome by, a bad situation; used with to.
    • Many children at our school have fallen prey to the 'flu bug.
    Synonyms:
    fall victim

Questions about fell prey

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

Words near fell prey in the dictionary

  1. fell over oneself
  2. Fell ponies
  3. Fell pony
  4. Fell pony syndrome
  5. fell pregnant
  6. fell prey
  7. fell runner
  8. fell runners
  9. fell running
  10. fell short
  11. fell sick

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