english
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Phrase(s): 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.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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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]
American Heritage Idioms
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Phrase(s): 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.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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Phrase(s): fall in love (with someone) to develop the emotion of love for someone. • Tom fell in love with Mary, but she only wanted to be friends. • John is too young to really fall in love.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs