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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Makar, the Norris and Lindsay finalist who’s still looking for his first goal of the series, walked in on Oettinger and fired from point-blank range.
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Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 2 May 2025
Cynthia Nixon’s Miranda to Nicole Ari Parker’s Lisa are harboring work crushes; Kristin Davis’ Charlotte is walking in on her daughter making out with a crush; and Sarita Choudhury’s Seema is turning down every boring bachelor in New York City.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 15 Apr. 2025
The episode goes back to the yacht on the coast of Italy when Yasmin walks in on Charles Hanani hooking up with the yacht crew member, and Charles assaults her in a violent rage, throwing red wine in her face.
—Nina Li Coomes, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2024
While the lawsuit does not detail what may have happened to the infant at the day care, the complaint says a day care employee walked in on a worker shaking another student weeks before the other child’s injuries were discovered.
—Kate Linderman, Kansas City Star, 7 Mar. 2025
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Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 2 May 2025
Cynthia Nixon’s Miranda to Nicole Ari Parker’s Lisa are harboring work crushes; Kristin Davis’ Charlotte is walking in on her daughter making out with a crush; and Sarita Choudhury’s Seema is turning down every boring bachelor in New York City.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 15 Apr. 2025
The episode goes back to the yacht on the coast of Italy when Yasmin walks in on Charles Hanani hooking up with the yacht crew member, and Charles assaults her in a violent rage, throwing red wine in her face.
—Nina Li Coomes, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2024
While the lawsuit does not detail what may have happened to the infant at the day care, the complaint says a day care employee walked in on a worker shaking another student weeks before the other child’s injuries were discovered.
—Kate Linderman, Kansas City Star, 7 Mar. 2025
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“Walk in on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/walk%20in%20on. Accessed 13 May. 2025.
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