bump in the road noun2 •A setback or obstacle, especially one which is relatively minor."The stock market has gone down, but it's just a bump in the road," she says. — 1998 •A very small town."We're such a small bump in the road that driving through Sylvester is like hitting an armadillo at 60 miles an hour," drawls local businessman David Register. — 1995 formsbumps in the road
