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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
bump .
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Examples
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I thought it got bumped from the agenda for its second reading when the Memorial Coliseum issue flared up.
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The real URL you own is bumped from the fourth page of search results to the fifth page. davidhornik
Exclusive: The Future of Facebook Usernames - Anil Dash 2009
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Had he returned to Atlanta, who would he have bumped from the rotation?
Smoltz justifies Braves' decision not to re-sign him - sports 2009
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I thought it got bumped from the agenda for its second reading when the Memorial Coliseum issue flared up.
PGE Park renovation cost numbers seem awfully soft (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009
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I got bumped from the live show this a.m., so we taped the segment and hopefully it will air soon.
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I got bumped from the live show this a.m., so we taped the segment and hopefully it will air soon.
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New Orleans Saints CB Jason David has been bumped from the flight to Cincinnati by gubernatorial order.
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Not only that: Barnes & Noble has limited shelf-space, so the launch of this Landmark non-fiction line means that OTHER much better, more contemporary, accurate, well-illustrated children's non-fiction will be bumped from the shelves, bumped from future opportunities to be bought by B&N.
If They Could Turn Back Time Roger Sutton 2007
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– - Bush getting “quizzed” by Larry King is like one of those lucky passengers bumped from a doomed flight.
Think Progress » Larry King plans to quiz Bush on Ken Lay, Lieberman. 2006
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Would anyone really hate to see McLaughlin bumped?
reesetee commented on the word bumped
In rare/antique books, the term describing the condition of a book that has sustained damage to corners or spine ends from use, age, or careless handling.
February 22, 2007
jodi commented on the word bumped
In U.S. airline industry: "to get bumped" means to give up a seat (generally voluntarily) in exchange for compensation, when a flight is oversold.
June 10, 2011