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bump into

/ˌbʌmˈpɪn.tuː/ UK, stressed
/ˌbʌmˈpɪn.tu/ US, stressed
/ˌbʌmˈpɪn.tə/ unstressed
/ˌbʌmˈpɪn.tʊ/ before vowel, unstressed

Rhymes with (unstressed, before consonants) -ɪntə

verb bumps into · bumping into · bumped into

intransitive, literally To collide with. He bumped into the wall. I guess that's a risk you take when you read while walking.
literally, transitive 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.
idiomatic, transitive To meet by chance. We bumped into each other at the library yesterday.
Similar: run into

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Español	hacerse encontradizo, hacerse el encontradizo

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@misc{bump_into_2026,
  title = {bump into},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bump%20into},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}