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What is "bog down"

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bog down

vb. 1 (context intransitive English) To become stuck (as if in a bog) and unable to progress. 2 (context transitive English) To cause to become stuck and unable to progress.

WordNet
bog down

  1. v. get stuck while doing something; "She bogged down many times while she wrote her dissertation" [syn: bog]

  2. cause to get stuck as if in a mire; "The mud mired our cart" [syn: mire]

  3. be unable to move further; "The car bogged down in the sand" [syn: grind to a halt, get stuck, mire]

  4. cause to slow down or get stuck; "The vote would bog down the house" [syn: bog]

Usage examples of "bog down".

And now we know that a group trying to follow us would bog down—.

This one had gotten stuck where its wheels had broken through an icy crust to bog down in mud beneath.