bumper to bumper
Touching in traffic
Bumper to bumper describes vehicles packed so closely together that their bumpers nearly touch, typically in heavy traffic: Traffic was bumper to bumper on the freeway.
The phrase also describes comprehensive warranty coverage that includes most vehicle components: The car comes with a three-year bumper-to-bumper warranty.
- crawlingMoving on hands, knees
- slowLacking in speed
- inch by inchIn tiny successive stages
- traffic jamRoadway backup of vehicles
- wall-to-wallCovering every inch
creeping along · nose to tail · jam-packed · at a standstill · dead stop · commute · tailback · caravan · stop-and-go · brake lights · gridlock · rush hour · morning commute · congestion · express lanes · standstill · overcrowding · shoulder-to-shoulder
- end-to-end phrasesfront to back, end to end, nose to tail, stem to stern, beginning to end
- crowdedcrowded, jam-packed, packed like sardines, crammed, jammed
- driving slangfloor it, gun it, pedal to the metal, pedal to metal, peel out
- slow thingssnail, tortoise, turtle, sloth, molasses
- traffictraffic jam, congestion, traffic, gridlock, traffic congestion
- travel idiomshit the road, in the same boat, miss the boat, end of the road, crossroads
bumper to bumperfree-flowing
Moving without restriction
open road · clear · smooth sailing · light traffic · uncongested
bumper to bumperspread out
Extended over distance
spaced out · scattered · room to spare · deserted · empty
bumper, bump, bumped, bumping, bumps, bumpy, bumpier, bumpiest