walk into

phrasal verb

walked into; walking into; walks into

: 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."

chiefly British : to get (a job) very easily

After college, she walked straight into a job.

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Swift’s high school principal of two years, Paul Decker, still remembers the teenager with corkscrew curls walking into his office the summer of 2004 with her mom. —

Amber Roberson, The Tennessean, 22 Dec. 2024 Swift was photographed walking into the stadium wearing a red Charlotte Simone coat with fur trim, paired with patterned tights, black boots and a fuzzy black bucket hat. —

Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 21 Dec. 2024 On Monday, a little before four o’clock, Kennedy walked into the Hart Senate building. —

Antonia Hitchens, The New Yorker, 20 Dec. 2024 The two walked into the diner, the door jangling closed behind them. —

Greg Borowski, Journal Sentinel, 18 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for walk into