Bump Into (Verb)
Meaning
Collide violently with an obstacle; "I ran into the telephone pole".
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
Examples
- She was distracted by her phone and bumped into a stranger walking in the opposite direction on the street.
- The driver lost control of the car and bumped into a guardrail on the highway.
- I wasn't watching where I was going and bumped into a table leg in the dark room.
- In her rush to get to work, Sarah bumped into her coworker at the office entrance.
- As the children ran through the playground, one of them bumped into a metal slide and fell to the ground.