Definition of hits 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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