# bump into

idiom

Source: https://englishreference.com/idiom/bump-into
Updated: 2026-08-10

## Meaning

To meet by chance.

## Examples

- I often bump into my neighbors at the grocery store.
- I was surprised to bump into an old college friend while I was walking through the city center yesterday.
- It felt like a strange twist of fate to bump into my former mentor in such a remote corner of the world after so many years of silence.

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