Usually means: Enter while others are unaware.
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  1. walk in on: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. walk in on: Merriam-Webster
  3. walk in on: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. walk in on: Wiktionary
  5. walk in on: TheFreeDictionary.com

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. walk in on: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. walk in on: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (walk in on)

▸ verb:  (idiomatic) To enter suddenly or unexpectedly while something is happening; to intrude or interrupt by entering.

Similar:
intrude, barge in, ingress, burst in, wade in, walk in, break in, walk into, drop in, break into, more...

Opposite:
knock, announce, signal, alert

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Similar:
intrude, barge in, ingress, burst in, wade in, walk in, break in, walk into, drop in, break into, more...

Opposite:
knock, announce, signal, alert



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