bumper-to-bumper

bumper-to-bumper
/bum"peuhr teuh bum"peuhr/, adj.
1. marked by a long line of cars moving slowly or with many stops and starts, one behind the other: bumper-to-bumper traffic.
2. Informal. following one another in profusion: bumper-to-bumper worries.
[1935-40]

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