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bump into (third-person singular simple present bumps into, present participle bumping into, simple past and past participle bumped into)

1. (intransitive, literally) To collide with.

   He bumped into the wall. I guess that's a risk you take when you read while walking.

   • 2010, Anne Baker, Goodbye Liverpool:

     Luke staggered blindly down the street, almost bumping into an old woman in black with a shawl drawn close about her head and shoulders […]

   • 2015, Caroline Fardig, That Old Black Magic, Caroline Fardig, →ISBN:

     Bethany squeaks a barely audible, “Yes,” grabs her purse, and rushes out of the restaurant, tripping over a chair and bumping into another customer on the way.

2. (transitive, literally) To cause (a thing) to collide with.

   The roads were so slippery that I couldn't stop, and I bumped my car into the car in front of me.

3. (transitive, idiomatic) To meet by chance.

   Synonym: run into

   We bumped into each other at the library yesterday.

関連する語

• bump-in