fall for

1. 1.

   fall in love with; become infatuated with

   “She fell for the man from Brazil”

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2. 2.

   be deceived, duped, or entrapped by

   “He fell for her charms”

   “He fell for the con man's story”

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Questions about fall for

What does fall for mean?

fall for means "fall in love with; become infatuated with". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

Is fall for a common word?

fall for is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.