bumper-to-bumper

bump·er-to-bump·er

[buhm-per-tuh-buhm-per]
adjective
1.
marked by a long line of cars moving slowly or with many stops and starts, one behind the other: bumper-to-bumper traffic.
2.
Informal. following one another in profusion: bumper-to-bumper worries.

Origin:
1935–40

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bumper-to-bumper

adjective
used of traffic; "bumper-to-bumper traffic" 
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