fender bender
or fender-bender
nounInformal.
a collision between motor vehicles in which there is only minor damage.
Origin of fender bender
1First recorded in 1960–65
Words Nearby fender bender
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How to use fender bender in a sentence
He’d been stripped of his driver’s license after the fender bender.
The American parole system is an endless trap — and a moral outrage | Jennifer Miller | May 24, 2021 | Washington PostAngela was in a fender-bender about four months ago—not her fault, she insisted—and a police officer asked to see Arizona ID.
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