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Bump Means Eslpod One's I Airline Flight Pocket

Id ESLPod_0778_WE_1230
Episode Id ESLPod 778
Episode Title Getting Your Pocket Picked
Phrase to bump
Text The verb "to bump," in this podcast, means to gently hit someone or something, usually by accident, often with one's full body or with one's side: "If you bump someone in the street, it's polite to say 'Excuse me.'" The phrase "to bump into (someone)" means to see and speak with someone in public, without having plans to meet that person: "Today, I bumped into my former boss at the coffee shop. I hadn't seen her in years." Finally, when talking about airline travel, "to bump" means to have a passenger fly on a different, later flight, usually because too many tickets have been sold for the original flight: "The airline needed to bump three passengers to a later flight, but it offered them a $350 travel voucher in return."
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