bump
verb (used with object)
to come more or less violently in contact with; collide with; strike.
have bumped
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present perfectof bump.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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But Kering’s beauty efforts have bumped up against struggles with other parts of the company’s business.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2025
Analysts have bumped up their third-quarter earnings target for the bank by 37 cents a share from June 30, when the consensus earnings-per-share estimate was $4.48.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2025
In the administration’s official story, the two men may have bumped into each other once or twice in public, but nothing more than that.
From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2025
I love getting messages from people saying they have bumped into someone wearing one of the hoodies, and it started a conversation.
From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2024
I wouldn’t have bumped into Diego and gotten to know him, and we wouldn’t have fallen for each other.
From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson
