English verb: fall for | |||
1. | fall for (emotion) fall in love with; become infatuated with | ||
Samples | She fell for the man from Brazil. | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | change | ||
2. | fall for (social) be deceived, duped, or entrapped by | ||
Samples | He fell for her charms. He fell for the con man's story. | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | err, mistake, slip | ||