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fall in love
fall in love (with each other)
[for two people] to become enamored of each other. They met in school and fell in love. When they fell in love, they thought it would last forever.
fall in love (with something)
to become enamored of something. I simply fell in love with the dress. I had to have it. I fell in love with the red car and bought it at once.
fall in love (with something)
to become enamored of something. I simply fell in love with the dress. I had to have it. I fell in love with the red car and bought it at once.
fall in love (with somebody)
to begin to love someone The movie tells the story of a country doctor who falls in love with a beautiful waitress. I was thinking about falling in love for the first time and trying to remember my first boyfriend.
fall in love (with something)
to become strongly attracted to a place, activity, or thing We spent three weeks in Georgetown and absolutely fell in love with it. I test drove the car and I just fell in love.
fall in love
Become enamored. This expression may be used either literally, as in John and Mary fell in love on their first date, or hyperbolically, as in I fell in love with that antique chest. [First half of 1500s]