bump into

• Verbe à particule utilisé pour désigner le fait de rencontrer quelqu'un de manière inattendue ou de heurter accidentellement quelque chose ou quelqu'un.

A phrasal verb used to indicate unexpectedly meeting someone or encountering something by chance.

indénombrable · intransitif · phrasal, inséparable

1. Meet unexpectedlyinformal

   To meet someone by chance without planning.

   Rencontrer par hasard

   • I bumped into my old neighbor at the grocery store.
   • She bumped into her former boss at the airport.
   • We bumped into each other at the concert last night.

   Synonymeschance uponcome acrossencounterhappen uponrun into

   Antonymesavoidelude

2. Accidentally hitinformal

   To physically collide with someone or something unintentionally.

   heurter par accident

   • He bumped into the table and spilled his drink.
   • She bumped into the door frame in the dark.
   • I accidentally bumped into a stranger on the crowded bus.

   Synonymescollide withrun intostrike

   Antonymesavoiddodgemiss

Verbe de basebump