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fall_in_love

fall in love

English

Verb

fall in love (third-person singular simple present falls in love, present participle falling in love, simple past fell in love, past participle fallen in love)

  1. (intransitive, of a person, animate object following “with”) To come to have feelings of love directed at another person or a thing.
    I fell in love with him the moment I first saw him.
  2. (intransitive, reciprocal) To come to have feelings of love towards each other.
    They met, fell in love, got married, and lived happily ever after.
  3. (intransitive, of a person, inanimate object following “with”) To come to have feelings of intense liking directed at another person or a thing.
    I have just fallen in love with Rome!

Antonyms

  • fall out of love

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