FELL FOR Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

fell for

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past tense of fall for

as in loved

to feel passion, devotion, or tenderness for It's hard not to fall for a woman like that.

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Recent Examples of fell for The number of murders in Washington fell for the third consecutive year. — Brad Heath, USA Today, 19 Aug. 2026 Vaccination rates also fell for polio, for the combination shot against diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis, and for the first dose of the vaccine against chickenpox. — CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026 With top-sellers improving, the CX-5 numbers fell for two years after a to-date year sales peak of 168,448 in 2021. — James Raia, Mercury News, 16 Aug. 2026 Microsoft last month reported that its total headcount fell for the first time in a decade, while Amazon has cut more than 30,000 jobs since October. — Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026 Many of the couples on this list began dating after their characters fell for each other on screen. — Chris Snellgrove, Entertainment Weekly, 24 July 2026 In real life, Cooke fell for HOTD costar Davis, who portrayed a knight named Leon Estermont. — Emy Lacroix, PEOPLE, 12 July 2026 Semiconductors fell for a second day in a row, weighing on the latter two benchmarks. — Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 2 July 2026 Those interviews suggest that donors seeking to celebrate America fell for a bait-and-switch that, if true, could have violated various criminal statutes. — ABC News, 2 July 2026

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