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• walk into — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms walk into : present tense I/you/we/they walk into he/she/it walks into present participle walking into past tense walked into past participle walked into 1) walk into something to accidentally hit a part of… …   English dictionary

• walk into — phrasal 1. a. : attack b. : to reprimand harshly : criticize severely 2. a. : to eat or drink greedily walked right …   Useful english dictionary

• walk — walk1 [ wɔk ] verb *** ▸ 1 move with feet ▸ 2 go with someone on foot ▸ 3 give pet exercise ▸ 4 move heavy object ▸ 5 leave job permanently ▸ 6 disappear or be stolen ▸ 7 be freed in legal trial ▸ 8 in baseball ▸ 9 travel in basketball ▸ +… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• walk in on — ˌwalk ˈin on [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they walk in on he/she/it walks in on present participle walking in on past tense …   Useful english dictionary

• walk-in — walk′ in adj. 1) of or pertaining to persons who walk into an office or store from the street without an appointment 2) large enough to be walked into: a walk in closet[/ex] 3) cvb a customer, patient, etc., who arrives without an appointment 4)… …   From formal English to slang

• walk — walk1 W1S1 [wo:k US wo:k] v 1.) [I and T] to move forward by putting one foot in front of the other ▪ How did you get here? We walked. ▪ Doctors said he d never walk again. walk into/down/up etc ▪ Carrie walked into the room and sat down in her… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• walk — 1 verb 1 MOVE ALONG (I) to move along putting one foot in front of the other: We must have walked ten miles today. (+ along/around/up etc): How long does it take to walk into town? | walk down the street | walk back/home: Marcus and I walked back …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• walk */*/*/ — I UK [wɔːk] / US [wɔk] verb Word forms walk : present tense I/you/we/they walk he/she/it walks present participle walking past tense walked past participle walked 1) a) [intransitive] to move forwards by putting one foot in front of the other Has …   English dictionary

• walk — /wɔk / (say wawk) verb (i) 1. to go or travel on foot at a moderate pace; to proceed by steps, or by advancing the feet in turn, at a moderate pace (in bipedal locomotion, so that there is always one foot on the ground, and in quadrupedal… …  

• walk — v. & n. v. 1 intr. a (of a person or other biped) progress by lifting and setting down each foot in turn, never having both feet off the ground at once. b progress with similar movements (walked on his hands). c go with the gait usual except when …   Useful english dictionary