get taken in
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Verb
[edit]get taken in (third-person singular simple present gets taken in, present participle getting taken in, simple past got taken in, past participle (UK) got taken in or (US) gotten taken in)
- (idiomatic) To be fooled; to fall for.
- I wonder how many people will get taken in by their addition of a fancy-looking front panel to a crummy device.
- (idiomatic) To be unofficially fostered.
- When her mother died, she got taken in by the next-door neighbour.