Definition of hit some bumps in the road

hit some bumps in the road    

verb

• to encounter difficulties.

                                                                                                                           
  
  Citation from "CalPERS rolling out pricey digital project", Dale Kasler, The Sacramento Bee, 11 September 2011 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  • See more words with the same meaning: hard, confusing, difficult, a problem.

  Last edited on Oct 03 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Oct 03 2013.

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Other terms relating to 'hard, confusing, difficult, a problem':
PP	Definitions include: acronym of "personal problem."
blip	Definitions include: a short amount of time.
bear	Definitions include: a masculine homosexual male.
bump in the road	Definitions include: a hindrance in some quest or extended task.
behind the eight ball	Definitions include: to be in serious trouble.
donezo	Definitions include: "done".
in a bind	Definitions include: to have a difficult-to-solve problem.
gonner	Definitions include: spelling variant of goner.
hard-*ss	Definitions include: a stubborn person.
*ss out	Definitions include: in an irreparably bad situation; "out of luck"; "screwed".
screwed	Definitions include: Past tense of "screw".
solid	Definitions include: a favor or kind deed.
in over (one's) head	Definitions include: in a situation one can't cope with.
clutch, the	Definitions include: a metaphorical place suggesting a difficult situation or period of time.
prob	Definitions include: probably.
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Slang terms with the same root words

Other terms relating to 'bump':
baby bump	Definitions include: a pregnant woman's "bump."
bump	Definitions include: a general insult or insulting retort.
bump fuzzies	Definitions include: to have sex.
bumping	Definitions include: full of people.
bumpin' peaches	Definitions include: having lesbian sex, as in bouncing titties together.
bump in the road	Definitions include: a hindrance in some quest or extended task.
bump into	Definitions include: to see someone, in an unplanned way.
bump jeans	Definitions include: to engage in foreplay in which both (or all) participants keep their clothes on and "grind" sexually against each other.
bump nasties	Definitions include: To have sex.
bump off	Definitions include: to kill.
bump on	Definitions include: to struggle to overcome.
bump (one's) gums	Definitions include: Talking to much, or talking crap
bumps	Definitions include: a loud stereo system playing loud bass, hence bump.
bump that	Definitions include: it means to ignore, let go or pay him/her no attention.
bump titties	Definitions include: to have sex.
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Other terms relating to 'hit':
feel-good hit of the summer	Definitions include: something popular but lacking in substance.
get hit with the wrong end of the ugly stick	Definitions include: extremely ugly
hit	Definitions include: messy, trashy, or dilapidated.
hit a home run	Definitions include: see home run.
hit a lick	Definitions include: to rob somebody or win a large amount of money gambling.
hit a touchdown	Definitions include: see touchdown.
hit back	Definitions include: to respond to an insult or criticism with the same.
hit back at	Definitions include: See hit back.
hit bottom	Definitions include: to be at one's lowest point in life.
hit dat slab	Definitions include: to travel on the highway or interstate.
hit it	Definitions include: to have sex.
hit it and quit it	Definitions include: to have sex with a person and then stop seeing that person.
hit it off	Definitions include: to get along well.
hit it raw	Definitions include: to have unprotected sex.
hit it up	Definitions include: it refers to a music, drinking, smoking or anything you can do.
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Other terms relating to 'in':
a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.	Definitions include: something you have now is worth more than two things you have just a chance of getting.
ace in the hole	Definitions include: a secret advantage.
all in	Definitions include: involving everyone or everything.
all up in	Definitions include: doing something emphatically.
an ice cube's chance in hell	Definitions include: no chance.
a walk in the park	Definitions include: something easy.
back in the day	Definitions include: at some time before the present.
back in the saddle	Definitions include: having resumed an activity that one had previously stopped performing.
baked-in	Definitions include: included.
bald man in a boat	Definitions include: clitoris.
barge in	Definitions include: to intrude.
barge in on	Definitions include: See barge in.
Bash one's skull in	Definitions include: To beat someone up, inflict head injury
bat in the cave	Definitions include: visible mucus in one's nostrils.
BBIAB	Definitions include: acronym for "be back in a bit", i.e. "I will return in a short amount of time."
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Other terms relating to 'road':
bump in the road	Definitions include: a hindrance in some quest or extended task.
dirt road	Definitions include: anal sex
down the road	Definitions include: at some future time.
feeder road	Definitions include: a small road that runs along the the side of a highway or freeway.
for the road	Definitions include: immediately before a person leaves a place.
get the show on the road	Definitions include: to start.
high-road	Definitions include: to claim a morally superior position.
high road, the	Definitions include: better behavior than someone else.
hit the road	Definitions include: to leave.
kick the can down the road	Definitions include: to procrastinate.
old dirt road, the	Definitions include: the anus.
one for the road	Definitions include: a final consumable (e.g. drink) before leaving an establishment.
road apple	Definitions include: horse feces.
road dawg	Definitions include: best friend.
road dog	Definitions include: a close friend.
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Other terms relating to 'some':
blow off some steam	Definitions include: to get rid of aggression or anger.
bob some knob	Definitions include: to perform fellatio.
call up some dinosaurs	Definitions include: to vomit, usually from over-consumption of alcohol.
catch some rays	Definitions include: get some sunshine.
catch some z's	Definitions include: to sleep.
coil some rope	Definitions include: to defecate; "poop".
cop some wood	Definitions include: to get an erection.
cream of some young guy	Definitions include: humorous pretend Chinese food item.
cut some	Definitions include: to fuck around or freak some.
cut some slack	Definitions include: to be lenient.
drop some bait	Definitions include: to defecate; "poop".
drop some friends off at the lake	Definitions include: to go to the bathroom, to defecate.
drop some friends off at the pool	Definitions include: to defecate.
drop some wolf bait	Definitions include: to defecate.
eat some clams	Definitions include: to perform cunnilingus.
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Other terms relating to 'the':
101 scoop, the	Definitions include: the real information or the proof, instruction, the know how, where, when, and why about something or someone.
2-10, the	Definitions include: walking, generally as opposed to driving.
3rd degree, the	Definitions include: interrogation.
3 sheets to the wind	Definitions include: extremely intoxicated
411, the	Definitions include: information.
a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.	Definitions include: something you have now is worth more than two things you have just a chance of getting.
about the size of it	Definitions include: a good estimate.
ace in the hole	Definitions include: a secret advantage.
across the board	Definitions include: inclusive.
add fuel to the fire	Definitions include: to make a bad situation worse.
against the clock	Definitions include: with the amount of time left to finish a task rapidly disappearing.
ahead of the curve	Definitions include: having an opinion or belief prior to it becoming common or popular.
aim Archie at the adamant	Definitions include: of a male, to urinate.
ain't no fun when the rabbit got the gun	Definitions include: Someone being butthurt over having something, they do to others regularly, done to the them
a little on the side	Definitions include: secret sexual activity with a person other than one's partner.
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