bump into

Meaning

1. Editorial63% of films

   to hit or collide with a person or thing, usually by accident

2. Oxford38% of films

   to meet sb by chance

   He took off when I was five, but if I ever bump into him, I'll ask him.

In the movies · 11

• I don't need all this pressure to go to Nathan's new show - and be like, "Fancy bumping into you!" - [blows party horn] It's just like, do I really wanna put myself through that? No.Rye Lane2023
• Glad we bumped into you. Yeah. What are the odds, considering we're all the way out here?127 Hours2010
• He took off when I was five, but if I ever bump into him, I'll ask him.Transformers: Age of Extinction2014
• Don't bump into me! Little bitch!Boyhood2014
• You want to bump into me...You've Got Mail1998
• Hey! Did you just bump into me?Onward2020
• and we'll bump into you...Broadcast News1987
• You brush past people. People bump into you.Crash2004

Learn it in full scenes

• Rye Lane2023
  • Yas Teases Dom at His Gallery Show
  • Yas Buys Nathan's Photo at the Show
  • Dom and Yas Meet in Peckham
• 127 Hours2010
  • Aron Meets Two Lost Hikers
  • Aron Jumps with Kristi and Megan
  • Aron Records a Video Diary
• Onward2020
  • Ian's Sixteenth Birthday Morning
  • Ian's Awkward Party Invite
  • Dad Leaves Ian a Wizard Staff

From the same entry

• bump off
• bump up
• bump up against
• come back to earth
• things that go bump in the night

More phrasal verbs

• shut down
• occur to
• hang around
• pay off
• throw up
• fall for
• eat out
• break out
• run into
• log in
• breathe out
• drop by