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bumper-to-bumper

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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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bump·er-to-bump·er   (bŭm'pər-tə-bŭm'pər)
adj.  
  1. Traveling close together with bumpers almost touching: The cars were bumper-to-bumper in the tunnel.

  2. Moving slowly or stalled as a result of tight spacing between vehicles: bumper-to-bumper traffic.

bump'er-to-bump'er adv.
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