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fall for

VERB
become infatuated with
Synonyms
STRONGEST
succumb
WEAK
desire fall in love with flip over go head over heels lose one's head over
Antonyms
WEAK
repulse

Example Sentences

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But we, at least, can refuse to fall for it, seeing these comparisons for what they are.

From Salon • Apr. 14, 2026

Or maybe audiences will instead fall for the singing mushrooms.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

There was no sign of violence when at least 100,000 Hungarians attended an anti-Fidesz concert in Heroes' Square on Friday night, and Magyar warned people "not to fall for any kind of provocation".

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026

CoreWeave—which first signed a deal with Meta to provide AI cloud infrastructure last fall for about $14.2 billion—said the deal signals accelerating demand for infrastructure capable of supporting complex and large-scale AI workloads.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

"Think he'll fall for the same trick twice?"

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda