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bump into

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verb

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

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bump into Idioms  

  1. 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]

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

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Last winter she came up with a special called How to Survive the 70s and Maybe Even Bump into Happiness, a thoroughly distasteful blend of toothless social satire and Vegas vulgarity.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Bump into me, will you—you locoed shorthorn!" sneered the man as Sanderson turned.

From Square Deal Sanderson by Seltzer, Charles Alden

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