walk in on
phrasal verb
walked in on; walking in on; walks in on
: to enter a room and interrupt (someone or something)
He walked in on me when I was getting dressed.
She walked in on the meeting.
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In one of the movie’s most effective and unpleasant scenes, Marvin walks in on an auction where Hackman has his young virgins (including one played by a young Sissy Spacek in her film debut) in pens in a barn, just like his cattle.
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Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 27 Sep. 2024
There’s a brief power-play kiss in the show’s first episode and then a sequence recounted as rumor later in the show that sees Sevigny’s Kitty walk in on the brothers showering together.
—Lucy Ford, TIME, 24 Sep. 2024
Two years earlier, Brana had allegedly tried to force himself onto a female colleague, an accusation that was corroborated by a woman who had walked in on the scene.
—Clare Malone, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2024
But there’s nothing like walking in on a great set.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 26 July 2024
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Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 27 Sep. 2024
There’s a brief power-play kiss in the show’s first episode and then a sequence recounted as rumor later in the show that sees Sevigny’s Kitty walk in on the brothers showering together.
—Lucy Ford, TIME, 24 Sep. 2024
Two years earlier, Brana had allegedly tried to force himself onto a female colleague, an accusation that was corroborated by a woman who had walked in on the scene.
—Clare Malone, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2024
But there’s nothing like walking in on a great set.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 26 July 2024
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“Walk in on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/walk%20in%20on. Accessed 1 Oct. 2024.
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