bumping into

phrase

present participle of bump into
1
as in encountering
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 finding
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of bumping into Clark actually received an eighth after accidentally bumping into an official, but the league later rescinded it. — Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 13 Aug. 2026 The motorcycle continued moving down the ramp, bumping into the guard rail and stopping on the exit ramp, law enforcement recorded. — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 23 July 2026 Maybe two or three groups of hoaxers out there at once, bumping into each other in the dark and scaring the scales off one another. — Star-Telegram Staff, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 July 2026 The teen can be seen bumping into a parked car, then losing control and falling off the bike at least several feet in front of the SUV. — Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 8 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bumping into
  1. running into
  2. running against
Phrase
  • That's a very tight timeline, but Katalyst hit it, getting LINK ready by its launch date and checking off a number of commissioning milestones before running into trouble.
    — Mike Wall, Space.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • The two strangers keep running into each other during 12 hours of messy mayhem in New York City.
    — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of running into
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  • Tlaib, a member of the Democratic Socialists of America, will appear alongside fellow socialists Oliver Larkin, who is challenging Moskowitz, and Elijah Manley, who is running against Wasserman Schultz.
    — Hailey Bullis, The Washington Examiner, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Our executive producers are running against the clock trying to get all the moving pieces.
    — Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of running against

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“Bumping into.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bumping%20into. Accessed 15 Aug. 2026.

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