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bump into

verb
  1. To collide with.

    "He bumped into the wall. I guess that's a risk you take when you read while walking."

  2. To cause (a thing) to collide with.

    "The roads were so slippery that I couldn't stop, and I bumped my car into the car in front of me."

  3. To meet by chance.

    "We bumped into each other at the library yesterday."

Synonymsrun into

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