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

Simultaneously, her Uncle walks into Ho Jin’s house, waxing eloquent about his grandfather’s collection of classics. —Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026

There, detectives observed the men walking into an open space, crouching in nearby bushes and then fleeing the area at a high rate of speed in a vehicle, police said. —Sydney Barragan, Oc Register, 29 Jan. 2026

Sophie almost walks into the room and announces her identity, but our love story can't end in Episode 2, of course. —Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 29 Jan. 2026

That can come as a surprise to investors who are expecting to walk into their banking institution and purchase silver bars alongside their routine banking services. —Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2026

Rhymes for walk into

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