bumped into

phrase

past tense of bump into
1
as in encountered
to come upon face-to-face or as if face-to-face I bumped into Kenny the other day.

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2
as in found
to come upon unexpectedly or by chance Turn any corner in the old city and you're likely to bump into a piece of history.

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Recent Examples of bumped into Seth Rollins bumped into the official and came back with a Dean Ambrose clothesline. — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2026 Two of the men told Garcia the agents’ vehicles bumped into them and then swayed into the van, forcing them to stop. — Elise Hammond, CNN Money, 24 July 2026 After attacking the pair, Lambert backed up and bumped into Counts, who had not been involved in the fight, the affidavit says. — Grant Lancaster, Arkansas Online, 23 July 2026 A couple of weeks passed before Tabitha Mugweru bumped into Wanjiru and Purity on the road. — Kazeem Olawale Nasiru, NPR, 17 July 2026 Leonardo DiCaprio and his girlfriend Vittoria Ceretti bumped into Robin Thicke while the couple were out soaking in the sun in New York City this week. — Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 9 July 2026 When a bubble bumped into the cell, their membranes would fuse, releasing the supplies inside. — Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 1 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bumped into
ran into
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  • Don Nelson’s path to the Dallas Mavericks Nellie was the head coach behind a long line of solid Milwaukee Bucks teams in the ‘80s that constantly ran into Larry Bird’s Boston Celtics.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The rear end of Reddick’s car slid entering Turn 1, and Reddick ran into Jones before hitting the wall.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of ran into

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“Bumped into.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bumped%20into. Accessed 17 Aug. 2026.

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