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get taken in

verb

Definitions

  1. To be fooled

    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.

  2. To be unofficially fostered.

    • When her mother died, she got taken in by the next-door neighbour.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA