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walk into

British  

verb

  1. (intr, preposition) to meet with unwittingly

    to walk into a trap

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Example Sentences

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“When I walk into a boutique there is more pressure,” says Marni Levine, a 60-year-old college consultant who lives in Morganville, N.J., and has recently been browsing Bloomingdale’s for Christian Louboutin and Jimmy Choo shoes.

From The Wall Street Journal

And I think the market’s assuming that these new technology companies can just walk into the enterprise and it’s suddenly like an AI magic button hits and all of a sudden all the data off the mainframe comes and it’s got the business process flows, and it’s got the compliance, and the workflow, and the automation all dialed up.

From Barron's

“I get a basket and I put a bunch of toys in it from my kids’ playroom, then I walk into a room and I record myself.”

From Los Angeles Times

They discussed a date for Brunel to walk into the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal

“When I walk into a minimalist home, I always think, ‘Oh my God, have you been robbed?’”

From Los Angeles Times