What does bump into mean?

bump into means "collide violently with an obstacle".

What is another word for bump into?

Close synonyms include run into, jar against, butt against, knock against. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bump into a common word?

bump into is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Bump into — meaning, 4 synonyms and examples

verb

1 senseAn action, occurrence or state of being.

1.
collide violently with an obstacle
“I ran into the telephone pole”
Synonymsrun into jar against butt against knock against
Broaderhit

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What does bump into mean?: bump into means "collide violently with an obstacle".
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