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fall for

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1. fall for - Verb

2. fall for - Phrase

Meaning

fall in love with; become infatuated with

be deceived, duped, or entrapped by

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Those who stand for nothing fall for everything. Alexander Hamilton

A guy and a girl can be just friends, but at one point or another, they will fall for each other... maybe temporarily, maybe at the wrong time, maybe too late, or maybe forever. Dave Matthews

A platform is something a candidate stands for and the voters fall for. Gracie Allen

If you don't stand for something you will fall for anything. Malcolm X

It's no go my honey love, it's no go my poppet; Work your hands from day to day, the winds will blow the profit. The glass is falling hour by hour, the glass will fall for ever, But if you break the bloody glass you won't hold up the weather. Louis MacNeice

If you don't stand for something, you will fall for something. African Proverb

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