fall victim



fall victim

To fall prey to something. I fell victim to peer pressure, and I started drinking at the party. Please be careful not to fall victim to senioritis—you can't stop doing your work this close to graduation.
See also: fall, victim

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
DorteDOR-teDanish
Lyubomir-Bulgarian, Medieval Slavic
LiseLEE-se (Swedish, Norwegian, Danish), LEES (English), LEEZ (English)French, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, English
&Aelig;&Eth;Elfri&Eth;-Anglo-Saxon
Isabellee-zah-BELGerman
Nomusa-Southern African, Ndebele