BUMPED INTO Synonyms: 48 Similar and Opposite Words

bumped into

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past tense of bump into

as in encountered

to come upon face-to-face or as if face-to-face I bumped into Kenny the other day.

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as in found

to come upon unexpectedly or by chance Turn any corner in the old city and you're likely to bump into a piece of history.

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Recent Examples of bumped into Rios bumped into the second man before pulling out a gun and firing a shot in his direction, deputies said. — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 25 Aug. 2026 Instead of swinging all the way out, the door bumped into somebody. — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 18 Aug. 2026 Seth Rollins bumped into the official and came back with a Dean Ambrose clothesline. — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2026 Two of the men told Garcia the agents’ vehicles bumped into them and then swayed into the van, forcing them to stop. — Elise Hammond, CNN Money, 24 July 2026 After attacking the pair, Lambert backed up and bumped into Counts, who had not been involved in the fight, the affidavit says. — Grant Lancaster, Arkansas Online, 23 July 2026 A couple of weeks passed before Tabitha Mugweru bumped into Wanjiru and Purity on the road. — Kazeem Olawale Nasiru, NPR, 17 July 2026 Leonardo DiCaprio and his girlfriend Vittoria Ceretti bumped into Robin Thicke while the couple were out soaking in the sun in New York City this week. — Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 9 July 2026 When a bubble bumped into the cell, their membranes would fuse, releasing the supplies inside. — Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 1 July 2026

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ran into

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Dorgu ran into players, and Fernandes, throwing his arms around in exasperation at Tielemans’ failure to control the ball, looked a picture of frustration.

— Stuart James, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
But government lawyers ran into a hornet’s nest after subpoenaing Rhode Island hospital for records about medical care for gender dysphoria.

— Bart Jansen, USA Today, 23 Aug. 2026

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