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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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]
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Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Napier-English (Rare)
Annet-Dutch
Julienzhoo-lee-AWNFrench
Dushyanta-Hinduism
Iole-Greek Mythology
Sperantia-Late Roman