walk in on
phrasal verb
walked in on; walking in on; walks in on
: to enter a room and interrupt (someone or something)
He walked in on me when I was getting dressed.
She walked in on the meeting.
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While the lawsuit does not detail what may have happened to the infant at the day care, the complaint says a day care employee walked in on a worker shaking another student weeks before the other child’s injuries were discovered.
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Kate Linderman, Kansas City Star, 7 Mar. 2025
Authorities later determined that Maggie had walked in on intruders who were robbing her parents’ home.
—Faith Karimi, CNN, 26 Jan. 2025
The eatery appears to have a food poisoning case after Ramsay — no stranger to restaurants in crisis — walks in on a customer vomiting outside.
—Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 7 Feb. 2025
One day, when Jane Doe 1 was 13, Chavez Sr. walked in on Chavez Jr. raping her, police testified.
—Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 27 Dec. 2024
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Kate Linderman, Kansas City Star, 7 Mar. 2025
Authorities later determined that Maggie had walked in on intruders who were robbing her parents’ home.
—Faith Karimi, CNN, 26 Jan. 2025
The eatery appears to have a food poisoning case after Ramsay — no stranger to restaurants in crisis — walks in on a customer vomiting outside.
—Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 7 Feb. 2025
One day, when Jane Doe 1 was 13, Chavez Sr. walked in on Chavez Jr. raping her, police testified.
—Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 27 Dec. 2024
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“Walk in on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/walk%20in%20on. Accessed 27 Mar. 2025.
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