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

One by one, passersby have walked into the shade and smiled. —Brendan Quinn, New York Times, 14 June 2025

The filmmakers wanted to get some shot of him walking into a local courthouse, so Rovet came along to try and confront him. —Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 13 June 2025

What To Know Videos on social media showed the group of drag artists walking into the theatre before the show began and being met with raucous applause. —Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 June 2025

But at around 10 a.m. Tuesday morning, a 21-year-old Austrian man walked into what is supposed to be the safest of spaces, a school, and gunned down teenagers and at least one teacher, police said, in this country's second-biggest city. —Tom Soufi Burridge, ABC News, 11 June 2025

Rhymes for walk into

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