BUMP INTO Synonyms: 45 Similar and Opposite Words

bump into

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Definition of bump into

as in encounter

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 find

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 bump into 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 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 Reports have described delivery robots bumping into people, getting stuck in odd places and raising accessibility concerns. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 6 July 2026 When a bubble bumped into the cell, their membranes would fuse, releasing the supplies inside. — Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 1 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for bump into

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run into

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If the alert sounds, people will panic, flood into stairwells, run into the street and get hurt.

— Andrei Popoviciu, The Dial, 21 July 2026
On his way to reaching his first tour-level final in eight years, Damir Džumhur of Bosnia and Herzegovina ran into it during his quarterfinal against Italy’s French Open semifinalist Matteo Arnaldi.

— James Hansen, New York Times, 20 July 2026

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