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with a bump

with a bump prepositional phrase: with a sudden return to seriousness or reality.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (figuratively, informal) With a sudden return to seriousness or reality.
    • bring someone back down to earth with a bump
    • come down to earth with a bump

Questions about with a bump

What does with a bump mean?
With a bump means with a sudden return to seriousness or reality.
What part of speech is with a bump?
With a bump is a prepositional phrase.

Words near with a bump in the dictionary

  1. witgats
  2. with
  3. with 'bated breath
  4. with a bang
  5. with a bullet
  6. with a bump
  7. with a grain of salt
  8. with a high arm
  9. with a high hand
  10. with a hook
  11. with a quickness

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