fall in love

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   begin to experience feelings of love towards

   “She fell in love with her former student”

   Broaderfall

Questions about fall in love

What does fall in love mean?

fall in love means "begin to experience feelings of love towards".

Is fall in love a common word?

fall in love 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.