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
Cyra-History
Ptolemais-Ancient Greek
Loukios-Ancient Roman (Hellenized), Biblical Greek
ErnstERNST (German), ERNSHT (Swedish)German, Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish
Gunhilda-Scandinavian (Rare)
Kotryna-Lithuanian