BUMPS INTO Synonyms: 45 Similar and Opposite Words

bumps into

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present tense third-person singular of bump into

as in encounters

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 finds

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 bumps into Videos from the event showed the ring propped up in a pool with wrestlers slipping and sliding in the ring and taking bumps into the water. — Ryan Gaydos Outkick, FOXNews.com, 9 Oct. 2026 In your 1st House of Identity, loving Venus in your sign squares powerful Pluto in your 4th House of Home, so expression bumps into family needs. — Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 15 Sep. 2026 Hannah Waddingham‘s Rebecca, the owner of Richmond, bumps into her Amsterdam mystery man (Matteo van der Grijn), teasing a future romance. — Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 20 July 2026

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runs into

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His wife Ajin, 32, sets out to win compensation but runs into a system that thrives on exploiting people and keeping them quiet.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026
Applied across 30 franchises trading at revenue multiples, the resulting equity appreciation runs into the tens of billions.

— Chris Koras, Sportico.com, 28 Sep. 2026

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