BUMPS INTO Synonyms: 45 Similar and Opposite Words

bumps into

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present tense third-person singular of bump into

as in encounters

to come upon face-to-face or as if face-to-face I bumped into Kenny the other day.

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as in finds

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 bumps into Hannah Waddingham‘s Rebecca, the owner of Richmond, bumps into her Amsterdam mystery man (Matteo van der Grijn), teasing a future romance. — Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 20 July 2026

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runs into

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The Wings get both back — for sure Fudd — for a four-game homestand that runs into the FIBA World Cup break.

— James Boyd, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2026
Radiopharma’s precision promise runs into toxicity problems, China puts new guardrails around its biotech innovation engine, and Grail’s Galleri heads to an FDA advisory panel.

— Meghana Keshavan, STAT, 10 Aug. 2026

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