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fall in love

Idioms  
  1. 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]


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You may fall in love with a place.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026

As the film advances toward a life-or-death climax, however, it never quite makes the audience fall in love with Belmont.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

She says she has "dared to dream that I might be around to see them fall in love, to get married"

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

The film resurrects the story of sisters Sally and Gillian Owens, modern day witches who face a curse that sees any man they fall in love with doomed to an early death.

From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026

We know we cannot rationally describe the kind of person we will fall in love with: that’s why we go on dates—to test our theories about who attracts us.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell

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