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 The coach of a group dressed as bees hailed from Montana, while The Athletic bumped into Chase Hansen from Utah, a student at Oxford University who has been on a pilgrimage to try some of Europe’s unique sporting traditions. — Rob Tanner, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026 Video surveillance recovered from Penn Station following the March 14 clash showed that after Nassadir Tate accidentally bumped into 55-year-old Eweka Johnson at an E train platform, the older man flew into a rage. — Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 28 Aug. 2026 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

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ran into

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Seeing The Love Junkies, ran into Eric Church and his wife, Katherine, on the dance floor, Kane Brown and his wife and I had a great chat.

— Ashlyn Robinette, PEOPLE, 31 Aug. 2026
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

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