to bump
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2.8
- verb
- /bʌmp/
:
toparse con
- The reporters still talk about the case whenever they bump into each other.
- bump into someone
And you, you bump into a wizard, Right.
- And you, you bump into a wizard, Right.
- And I didn't know I was bumping into Gresham's Law.
- So anyway, so I said, so I turn up, I bump into Steven at the door.
- Kristen's Co worker's boyfriend, one of the workers bumped into his girlfriend.
- And you, you bump into where my son grew up there, you know, so.
Examples
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"Both of us went to Penn and bumped into each other a few times over the years.
Fiction book (1992) -
You could go and bump into her and meet her.
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Why would you give this guy, a guy you bump into the street, your number?
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We just finished lunch and we bump into Ivan.
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Anyway, I bumped into her today.
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Um, we just bumped into each other changing planes.
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There's someone I bumped into on the plane on the way over here.
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So I and I just bumped into Lily at Cafe Damon.
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We accidentally traded voxes the other day when we bumped into each other.
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I was surprised to bump into my old teacher at the bookstore yesterday.
Synonyms
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1.0
To discover something while looking or by accident
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3.2
To meet someone or find a problem unexpectedly
338
2.7
Meet someone by chance without planning
244
2.6
To find something or someone by chance
171
2.8
To find something by chance
55
2.2
To meet someone by chance in a public place
43
2.7
Find something by chance while doing something else
32
3.7
Meet someone by chance
18
6.1
To find something or someone by accident while doing something else
15
4.9
Find a person or thing by chance
3
5.1
Find someone or something by accident
To meet someone unexpectedly, often by chance
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How Unexpected
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Etymology
Bump kept the idea of a small collision, and a helpful way to remember bump into is to think of lightly running into someone. So to bump into a person means to 'meet by chance' as if you accidentally hit them.