get taken in

English

Verb

get taken in

  1. (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.
  2. (idiomatic) To be unofficially fostered.
    When her mother died, she got taken in by the next-door neighbour.
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