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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Wearing a flowy white dress, Hathaway walked into the frame with her arms in front of her stomach. Georgia Slater, PEOPLE, 30 June 2026 The mistake, the one his jazz teacher warned against, is walking into the encounter trying to win it. Afdhel Aziz, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026 Investigators said that a woman then walked into the parking lot and the two individuals, later identified as Jackson and Williams, drove off in the man's car. Mike Darnay, CBS News, 23 June 2026 But under these circumstances, the Bucks had to do something, internally aware for months that Antetokounmpo was not going to re-up, could walk into 2027 free agency, and that something is better than nothing. Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 27 June 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 8 Jul. 2026.

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