bump into (verb)
1bump into — verb collide violently with an obstacle (Freq. 1) I ran into the telephone pole • Syn: ↑run into, ↑jar against, ↑butt against, ↑knock against • Hypernyms: ↑hit, ↑ …
2bump into — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms bump into : present tense I/you/we/they bump into he/she/it bumps into present participle bumping into past tense bumped into past participle bumped into 1) bump into someone to meet someone unexpectedly I… …
3bump into — PHRASAL VERB If you bump into someone you know, you meet them unexpectedly. [INFORMAL] [V P n] I happened to bump into Mervyn Johns in the hallway. Syn: run into …
4bump into — phr verb Bump into is used with these nouns as the object: ↑acquaintance …
5bump into — verb a) To collide with. He bumped into the wall. I guess thats a risk you take when you read while walking. b) To cause (a thing) to collide with. The roads were so slippery that I couldnt stop, and I bumped my car into the car in front of me …
6bump into (someone) — Verb. To fortuitously meet with someone …
7bump into (someone) — Verb. To fortuitously meet with someone …
8bump into — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. run into, meet unexpectedly, encounter; see find 1 , meet 6 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To find or meet by chance: chance on (or upon), come across, come on (or upon), find, happen on (or upon), light on (or upon), run …
9ˌbump ˈinto sb — phrasal verb to meet someone unexpectedly I bumped into your mother at the supermarket.[/ex] …
10bump — ► NOUN 1) a light blow or a jolting collision. 2) a protuberance on a level surface. ► VERB 1) knock or run into with a jolt. 2) move with much jolting. 3) (bump into) meet by chance. 4) …
