to bump into
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2.1
- phrasal verb
- /bʌmp ˈɪntu/
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- You can't just go bumping into people and knocking them down like that.
- accidentally bump into
- bumping into people
- bumped into a friend
Chemistry is the molecules that you can create when strings bump into other strings.
- Chemistry is the molecules that you can create when strings bump into other strings.
- Chemistry is when these strings bump into each other and form molecules.
- I mean like if you, if you ran and bumped into the pool table, porn would just fall out.
- Eddie Bunker said that this old actor once said, remember your lines and don't bump into the furniture.
- Afghani tripped, took a couple of catch catch up steps and bumped into and he knocked me off a Cliff.
- And kind of mentions, you know, how he, he took that from a person that is praying in a temple and a guy walks into the temple and bumps into him and then he curses the guy out.
- This means that each time a grain of dust bumps into the moon, this very slightly changes some part of the moon's wave function, and afterwards they are both correlated.
Examples
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The children milled around, bumping into one another in the dark, crying out.
Fiction book (1995) -
"If I went down the street, I would be arrested for bumping into people."
Fiction book (1999) -
If I cross to my left, I'll bump into him.
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Before the trees were marked, people used to bump into them and hurt themselves.
Fiction book (1991) -
My plan is to sort of to accidentally bump into him.
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Sometimes it's buried in archives and people bump into stuff and find it later.
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I think I must have lost the key when that guy bumped into me.
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The streets, as usual, are full of people; they bump into one another and apologize.
Fiction book (1997) -
Before long, they were rolling around, bumping into each other, and sliding down big hills.
Fiction book (1997) -
While walking through the crowded market, I accidentally bump into a stranger and spilled my drink.
Synonyms
937
1.0
To hit something by accident with a sudden movement
481
2.2
To hit something with great force and cause damage
111
1.0
To hit something by accident and cause a jolt
75
2.3
Hit something by accident while moving
64
3.1
Crash into each other while moving
38
3.7
Hit something or someone while moving, causing a sudden strong crash
5
7.6
To hit a person or thing lightly, often by accident
3
2.7
Hit something by accident when you move and touch it
1
3.5
To trip and bump into something by accident
1
5.9
To hit something with strong force while moving
Hit something suddenly
To move quickly and hit something hard
Antonyms
How Hard
Surface Forms
Morphology
The sense 'meet by chance' is a clear extension of the literal meanings: 'bump' (to collide/encounter) plus 'into' (movement toward/against) make the idea of unexpectedly encountering someone inferable. However, the meaning relies on a metaphorical extension from physical collision to accidental meeting and on recognizing the verb+preposition construction, so it is not fully predictable for all B1 learners without prior exposure.
Etymology
Bump into paints a simple picture: bump is a small hit and into shows contact, like two people accidentally hitting each other in a crowded street. That's why it means 'to collide unexpectedly'.