bump into

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To meet by chance

We bumped into each other at the library yesterday.

To cause (a thing) to collide with

The roads were so slippery that I couldn't stop, and I bumped my car into the car in front of me.

To collide with

He bumped into the wall. I guess that's a risk you take when you read while walking.

Meet by chance, run into. "Do you know who I bumped into yesterday? Larry Mason."
{f} collide with, strike -, knock into -; meet by chance
If you bump into someone you know, you meet them unexpectedly. I happened to bump into Mervyn Johns in the hallway. = run into
collide violently with an obstacle; "I ran into the telephone pole"
bump into
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