be taken in by (someone)

1. To be fooled, swindled, cheated, or beguiled (by someone or something). It galls me how many people are taken in by companies' claims that "the customer matters most." You spent $1,000 on some cure-all pill you bought off the Internet? How could you be taken in by that scam?

2. To be adopted, looked after, or given foster care (by someone or something), often in an unofficial or informal manner. Nearly 200 abused animals are taken in at this shelter alone each year. My younger brother and I were taken in by our aunt and uncle after our parents were arrested.

词组	be taken in by (someone)
释义	be taken in by (someone) be taken in by (someone) 1. To be fooled, swindled, cheated, or beguiled (by someone or something). It galls me how many people are taken in by companies' claims that "the customer matters most." You spent $1,000 on some cure-all pill you bought off the Internet? How could you be taken in by that scam? 2. To be adopted, looked after, or given foster care (by someone or something), often in an unofficial or informal manner. Nearly 200 abused animals are taken in at this shelter alone each year. My younger brother and I were taken in by our aunt and uncle after our parents were arrested. See also: by, taken Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. See also: get taken in (by someone or something) get taken to the cleaners (by someone) be taken to the cleaners (by someone) cleaner no one's fool nobody's fool screwed, blued, and tattooed tattoo blued, screwed, and tattooed shafted
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