walk into
English
Verb
walk into (third-person singular simple present walks into, present participle walking into, simple past and past participle walked into)
- To collide with by walking.
- Mind you don't walk into that wall.
- Watch where you're going. You nearly walked into that man.
- To fall into (a trap or other situation), especially one that could have been avoided with more care.
- The platoon walked into an ambush.
- You really walked into that trap, didn't you?
- (colloquial, archaic) To attack; to assault physically.
- Synonym: go into
- (colloquial, archaic) To storm at.
- (colloquial, archaic) To eat heartily of.
- 1836 March – 1837 October, Charles Dickens, “(please specify the chapter name)”, in The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1837, →OCLC:
- Such a precious loud hymn, Sammy, while the tea was a brewing; such a grace, such eatin’ and drinkin’! I wish you could ha’ seen the shepherd walkin’ into the ham and muffins. I never see such a chap to eat and drink—never.
References
- John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary
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