walk into

phrasal 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.

Examples of walk into in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Vardan Kostanyan, who owns Laundry King with his wife, said the suspect walked into their laundromat on Tuesday and demanded the keys to their safe before attacking his wife. —Lauren Pozen, CBS News, 23 Jan. 2026

On a typical morning, Morgan would walk into a waiting room crowded with flu cases, chronically ill children and adolescents, and anxious parents hoping to be seen by one of New York City’s busiest pediatric emergency departments. —Richard Fowler, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026

Dobbs remembered walking into the facility that morning, the day Trent Sherfield signed to the practice squad. —Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 22 Jan. 2026

Falcons coach Kevin Stefanski is used to walking into a bleak situation and initially making things better. —D. Orlando Ledbetter, AJC.com, 20 Jan. 2026

Rhymes for walk into

• amadou
• avenue
• ballyhoo
• baraboo
• barbecue
• barbeque
• bugaboo
• cabildo
• caribou
• cockatoo
• detinue
• devalue