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(idiomatic) To be fooled; to fall for. / (idiomatic) To be unofficially fostered.

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get taken in

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get taken in

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(idiomatic) To be fooled; to fall for. / (idiomatic) To be unofficially fostered.

Japanese Meaning

（慣用表現）騙される、うまく引っかかる / （慣用表現）非公式に里親に出される

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I hesitate to click suspicious links because I don't want to get taken in by scams again.

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怪しいリンクをクリックするのをためらう。詐欺にもう一度騙されたくないからだ。

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Sense（1）

(idiomatic) To be fooled; to fall for.

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Sense（2）

(idiomatic) To be unofficially fostered.

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

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gets taken in

（ present singular third-person ）

getting taken in

（ participle present ）

got taken in

（ past ）

got taken in

（ UK participle past ）

gotten taken in

（ US participle past ）

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