walk into

verb

walked into; walking into; walks into
1
: to become involved in or fooled by (something) because one is not aware of what is really happening
He walked right into our trap.
"I can't believe you fell for that old joke!" "Yeah, I guess I walked right into that one."
2
chiefly British : to get (a job) very easily
After college, she walked straight into a job.

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Security camera footage shows Clarke and the driver get out of the car and walk into the store, exiting minutes later, Detective Kelly Gomez wrote in the report. David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2026 Within seconds of a leader walking into a room, a team reads and reflects the kind of energy that person is projecting. Tony Loyd, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026 No child should walk into a courtroom alone and be expected to understand a system that even adults struggle to navigate. John Mattingly, Baltimore Sun, 1 Sep. 2026 Ternus, the colleague recalled, would spend about an hour in the morning reimagining a product with computer software, then walk into the in-house machine shop and fabricate the part himself on a mill or lathe. Sebastian Herrera, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for walk into

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“Walk into.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/walk%20into. Accessed 4 Sep. 2026.

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