单词 | to walk into |
释义 | > as lemmasto walk into —— to walk into —— colloquial. 1. intransitive. To make a vigorous attack upon someone or something. Also in extended use. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > attack > attack [verb (transitive)] greetc893 overfallOE riseOE assail?c1225 to lay on or upon?c1225 onseekc1275 to set on ——c1290 infighta1300 saila1300 to go upon ——c1300 to turn one's handc1325 lashc1330 annoyc1380 impugnc1384 offendc1385 to fall on ——a1387 sault1387 affrayc1390 to set upon ——1390 to fall upon ——a1398 to lay at?a1400 semblea1400 assayc1400 havec1400 aset1413 oppressa1425 attachc1425 to set at ——c1430 fraya1440 fray1465 oppugn?a1475 sayc1475 envaye1477 pursue1488 envahisshe1489 assaulta1500 to lay to, untoa1500 requirea1500 enterprise?1510 invade1513 assemblec1515 expugn1530 to fare on1535 to fall into ——1550 mount1568 attack?1576 affront1579 invest1598 canvass1599 to take arms1604 attempt1605 to make force at, to, upon1607 salute1609 offence1614 strikea1616 to give a lift at1622 to get at ——1650 insult1697 to walk into ——1794 to go in at1812 to go for ——1838 to light on ——1842 strafe1915 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > make attack [verb (intransitive)] onreseeOE onslayc1275 entera1425 to be upon (also on) a person's jack1588 endeavour?1589 to fall aboard1591 to let fly1611 strikea1616 to lift (up) the hand(s, (occasionally one's arm)1655 to fall on board (of)1658 tilt1708 to walk into ——1794 to run in1815 to peg it1834 to sail in1856 to wade in1863 to light in1868 to roll into ——1888 to make for ——1893 1794 Ld. Hood Let. 14 July in Ld. Nelson Disp. & Lett. (1844) I. 438 (note) From your rapid firing last night I flattered myself it was intended to walk into the Mozelle as this night. 1846 T. De Quincey Syst. Heavens in Tait's Edinb. Mag. Sept. 573/2 A voice was heard, 'Let there be Lord Rosse!' and immediately his telescope walked into Orion; destroyed the supposed matter of stars; but, in return, created immeasurable worlds. 1852 C. B. Mansfield Paraguay, Brazil, & Plate (1856) 20 Some small spermaceti whales, which came in for a lark (luckily for them, after the American and French vessels had left, who would assuredly have walked into them). 1859 J. Lang Wanderings in India 399 His Excellency ‘walked into’ the President, and recommended him to study some catechism of the Law of Courts Martial. 1861 T. Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. I. ix. 161 He walks into us all as if it were our faults. 1930 E. E. Leisy in J. F. Dobie Man, Bird & Beast (1965) 152 My indignation was so great, that on collaring him, I walked into him with my club without pausing for explanation or to learn his name. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > spend [verb (transitive)] > spend large amount of to walk into ——1836 1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) xxii. 225 I wish you could ha' seen the shepherd walkin' into the ham and muffins. 1850 F. E. Smedley Frank Fairlegh xiv. 127 I must walk into old Coleman's champagne before I make a fresh start. 1859 H. Kingsley Recoll. G. Hamlyn xv ‘And you've got her money?’ ‘Yes,’ he said; ‘but I've been walking into it.’ 1871 M. Collins Marquis & Merchant III. iii. 78 He..with most voracious swallow Walks into my mutton chops. 1907 P. G. Wodehouse White Feather iii. 29 ‘Where's that cake?’ ‘Finished. My brother simply walked into it.’ 3. intransitive. to walk into (a person's) affections: to win the love of (a person) immediately and without effort. Also ironically: to attack (cf. sense 1). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > loved one > win the affection of [verb (transitive)] > endear > endear effortlessly and immediately to walk into (a person's) affections1840 1840 New Sporting Mag. Sept. 184 Oh, ho! Mr. Vulpes!.. If we don't do our best to ‘walk into your affections’ before we have done with you, our name is not ‘Master Harry!’ 1858 J. Hampton Let. 14 Jan. in K. Young Delhi—1857 App. D. 328 Major Erskine was fearful that the jolly 50th would have walked into the affections of the Madrassees, and then all would have gone a regular smash. 1910 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 27 Mar. 32/2 He had more charm than anything I've ever met, and so it is only natural that he should have walked into our affections. 1978 New Eng. Q. 51 573 With the daring boldness of Murat, he walked into his affections, by seizing his gun and letting him have the charge in his face! 4. intransitive. To obtain or achieve something, esp. a job, easily or undeservedly. ΚΠ 1872 F. W. Robinson Bridge of Glass III. vii. 164 I think that in your place I should have been more elated!.. It's a devilish cool manner of walking into a fortune. 1943 D. Goldring South Lodge xii. 158 If he got sacked from one bar, he simply walked into a job at a rival establishment, and took all his customers with him. 1999 Artists & Illustrators Sept. 38/2 Clearly not every art graduate is going to walk straight into a contract with a major gallery. 2005 Vancouver Sun (Nexis) 29 Aug. e1 Twenty years ago if you had a liberal arts degree you could walk into a good job. 5. intransitive. To get into an awkward situation, fall for a trick as a result of one's own unwariness. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > of difficulty: beset (a person) [verb (transitive)] > get into difficult situation to walk into ——1911 the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > incautiousness > enter into incautiously or rashly [verb (transitive)] to go it blind1840 to go bald-headed (into, for, at)1848 to walk into ——1911 1911 G. B. Shaw Doctor's Dilemma iii. 60 Ridgeon: I don't so much mind your borrowing £10 from one of my guests and £20 from the other—Walpole: I walked into it, you know. I offered it. 1942 J. Sweeney in W. Murdoch & H. Drake-Brockman Austral. Short Stories (1951) 384 No sooner does the gong go for the third than Irish walks into a haymaker. 1978 M. Birmingham Sleep in Ditch 188 I had walked into this with my eyes wide open. No one could taunt me with being always right. 2001 P. Theroux Hotel Honolulu (2002) v. 22 I leaned over and looked... As I did so..Buddy pushed me into the pool. ‘You walked straight into that one!’ Buddy said. < as lemmas |
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