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Definition of bump up against phrasal verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

bump up against

phrasal verb
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bump up against something
  1. to experience a problem or factor that you did not expect
    • We kept bumping up against inflexible regulations.
See bump up against in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
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