"walk in on" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-walk in on.ogg [Australia] Forms: walks in on [present, singular, third-person], walking in on [participle, present], walked in on [participle, past], walked in on [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} walk in on (third-person singular simple present walks in on, present participle walking in on, simple past and past participle walked in on)
  1. (idiomatic) To enter suddenly or unexpectedly while something is happening; to intrude or interrupt by entering. Tags: idiomatic Translations (Translations): دَخَلَ عَلَى (daḵala ʕalā) (Arabic)

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for walk in on meaning in English (1.8kB)

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