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got taken in

got taken in is the simple past and past participle of get taken in.

Meaning of get taken in

Verb

get taken in (third-person singular simple present gets taken in, present participle getting taken in, simple past got taken in, past participle (UK) got taken in or (US) gotten taken in)

  1. (idiomatic) To be fooled; to fall for.
    • I wonder how many people will get taken in by their addition of a fancy-looking front panel to a crummy device.
  2. (idiomatic) To be unofficially fostered.
    • When her mother died, she got taken in by the next-door neighbour.

Questions about got taken in

What is got taken in the simple past and past participle of?
Got taken in is the simple past and past participle of get taken in.

Words near got taken in in the dictionary

  1. got started
  2. got straight
  3. got stuck in
  4. got stuck into
  5. got sturdy
  6. got taken in
  7. got the ball rolling
  8. got the band back together
  9. got the best of
  10. got the better of
  11. got the bird

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Adapted from Wiktionary: got taken in (page history and authors); get taken in (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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