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Reply Wed 28 Jun, 2006 01:03 am
What does "bump into"mean? Thank you!
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Reply Mon 3 Jul, 2006 03:55 pm
Usually it means "to collide with": "I wasn't looking where I was going and bumped into a tree."

It is also a popular way of saying "to encounter [someone] by chance": "I went to the grocery store yesterday and bumped into my neighbor Fred."
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