FALL FOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fall for mean? 

• FALL FOR (verb)
  The verb FALL FOR has 2 senses:

1. fall in love with; become infatuated with

2. be deceived, duped, or entrapped by

  Familiarity information: FALL FOR used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FALL FOR (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Fall in love with; become infatuated with

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Context example:

She fell for the man from Brazil

Hypernyms (to "fall for" is one way to...):

change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Sense 2

Meaning:

Be deceived, duped, or entrapped by

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Context example:

He fell for the con man's story

Hypernyms (to "fall for" is one way to...):

err; mistake; slip (to make a mistake or be incorrect)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

 Context examples 

With my face over the brink, I saw him fall for a long way.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Don’t fall for spoofing scams—people who call your cell phone number and hide behind a false name that comes up on your screen.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

One after another, they would look up, and the red light of the torch would fall for a second on their nervous faces; but it was not towards me, it was towards Silver that they turned their eyes.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)