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walking in

walking in is the present participle and gerund of walk in.

Meaning of walk in

Verb

walk in (third-person singular simple present walks in, present participle walking in, simple past and past participle walked in)

  1. To come without an appointment to a place that would normally require one.
    • If you walk in, you're going to have to wait at least an hour.
  2. (transitive) To step to the rack again with after having stepped away in order not to hit it during execution of the exercise.
    Antonyms:
    walk out
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see walk, in.
    • There, characteristically, he refused to be carried on a stretcher, saying he was too heavy for nurses. He walked in with their support.2022 January 12, Benedict le Vay, “The heroes of Soham...”, in RAIL, number 948, page 43

Questions about walking in

What is walking in the present participle and gerund of?
Walking in is the present participle and gerund of walk in.

Words near walking in in the dictionary

  1. walking frame
  2. walking frames
  3. walking free
  4. walking gentleman
  5. walking gentlemen
  6. walking in
  7. walking in on
  8. walking in someone's shoes
  9. walking in straight lines
  10. walking into
  11. walking it like one talks it

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