bump

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bump definition


  1. tv.
    to remove someone from an airplane flight, usually involuntarily, because of overbooking. : They bumped me but gave me something to make up for it.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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bump

In addition to the idioms beginning with bump, also see goose pimples (bumps); like a bump on a log.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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