Chicken Sandwich
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Is it possible to say "I bumped into her" meaning that I litteraly chrashed into her, not met her. So here "bump into" is not used as a phrasal verb.
So NOT:
bump into [FONT="] somebody [FONT="] phrasal verb [/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT="] to meet someone who you know, when you were not expecting to [FONT="] SYN run into [/FONT][FONT="]: [/FONT]I bumped into Jean in town.
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But:
bump 1 [FONT="] S3 [FONT="][FONT="] / [/FONT][FONT="]bʌmp [/FONT][FONT="]/ [/FONT][/FONT][FONT="] verb [/FONT]
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[FONT="]1 [FONT="][ intransitive always + adverb/preposition, transitive [FONT="]] [/FONT][/FONT][FONT="] to hit or knock against something
[/FONT]bump into
Technically, according to the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English this would be incorrect, because you can only bump into things, not objects.
Thank you in advance.
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So NOT:
bump into [FONT="] somebody [FONT="] phrasal verb [/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT="] to meet someone who you know, when you were not expecting to [FONT="] SYN run into [/FONT][FONT="]: [/FONT]I bumped into Jean in town.
[/FONT]
But:
bump 1 [FONT="] S3 [FONT="][FONT="] / [/FONT][FONT="]bʌmp [/FONT][FONT="]/ [/FONT][/FONT][FONT="] verb [/FONT]
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[FONT="]1 [FONT="][ intransitive always + adverb/preposition, transitive [FONT="]] [/FONT][/FONT][FONT="] to hit or knock against something
[/FONT]bump into
Technically, according to the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English this would be incorrect, because you can only bump into things, not objects.
Thank you in advance.
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