fall for someone

(LOVE) infml — phrasal verb with fall

/fɔl/ verb (past tense fell /fel/, past participle fallen /ˈfɔ·lən/)

Definition

› to be attracted to someone and start to love that person: Mike has fallen for Heather.

(Definition of fall for someone (LOVE) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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