bump into

English

(stressed)
- (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌbʌmˈpɪn.tuː/
- (US) IPA^(key): /ˌbʌmˈpɪn.tu/
(unstressed, before consonants) IPA^(key): /ˌbʌmˈpɪn.tə/
- Audio (General Australian): (file)
(unstressed, before vowels) IPA^(key): /ˌbʌmˈpɪn.tʊ/
Rhymes: (unstressed, before consonants) -ɪntə

bump into (third-person singular simple present bumps into, present participle bumping into, simple past and past participle bumped into)

(intransitive, literally) To collide with.
He bumped into the wall. I guess that's a risk you take when you read while walking.
- 2010, Anne Baker, Goodbye Liverpool:
  Luke staggered blindly down the street, almost bumping into an old woman in black with a shawl drawn close about her head and shoulders […]
- 2015, Caroline Fardig, That Old Black Magic, Caroline Fardig, →ISBN:
  Bethany squeaks a barely audible, “Yes,” grabs her purse, and rushes out of the restaurant, tripping over a chair and bumping into another customer on the way.
(transitive, literally) 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.
(transitive, idiomatic) To meet by chance.
Synonym: run into

We bumped into each other at the library yesterday.

Polish: wpadać na impf, wpaść na pf
Spanish: hacerse encontradizo m (feigned happenstance), hacerse el encontradizo m (feigned happenstance)