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(intr, preposition) informal to meet by chance; encounter unexpectedly

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How to use bump into in a sentence

As Bump notes, this goes a long way toward explaining the disciplinary disparity between blacks and whites in public schools.
Americans See Innocent Black Kids as Guilty Adults|Jamelle Bouie|March 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And over at The Wire, Philip Bump highlights a disturbing new study that measures bias as it applies to African American boys.
Americans See Innocent Black Kids as Guilty Adults|Jamelle Bouie|March 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Bump along with Bill to his newest (and possibly only) dance track in this promo video for GatesLetter.com.
Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Covert Workout, Rob Ford Goes Jamaican and More Viral Videos|Ariana Dickey|January 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
However the breakfast show they were working on has been axed and will be replaced by a show called The Bump.
DJ's who Hoaxed Kate Middleton Nurse Keep Jobs|Tom Sykes|January 28, 2013|DAILY BEAST

Philip Bump on how a performance artist misled the public radio show.
The Conning of ‘This American Life’ Leads to an Embarrassing Retraction|Philip Bump|March 17, 2012|DAILY BEAST
"Bump," it went up against a telephone pole and the wind left it there.
Dew Drops, Vol. 37, No. 15, April 12, 1914|Various
It presents itself to us as an effective corroboration of the so well-known phenomenon of talking-yourself-into-it.
Criminal Psychology|Hans Gross
Bump it in the carburetor enough times, rake it with shrapnel, and it begins to lose its first freshness.
Our Part in the Great War|Arthur Gleason
Breton peasants are represented playing on Breton pipes in the Entry-into-Jerusalem scene.
How France Built Her Cathedrals|Elizabeth Boyle O'Reilly
"I w-w-was b-b-b-blown i-i-i-into t-t-t-the air," he replied, smiling sweetly.
Fanny Goes to War|Pat Beauchamp

Other Idioms and Phrases with bump into

bump into

Also, bump against. Collide, come in contact with; same as bang into. For example, It's easy to bump into furniture in the dark. [Mid-1800s]

Encounter, meet by chance, as in While I was downtown, I bumped into George. [Colloquial; 1880s] Also see run into.

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