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bog down
bog down vb, bogs, bogging or bogged (when: tr, often passive) to impede or be impeded physically or mentallyThesaurus| Verb | 1. | bog down - get stuck while doing something; "She bogged down many times while she wrote her dissertation"bogbreak off, discontinue, stop, break - prevent completion; "stop the project"; "break off the negotiations" | | 2. | bog down - cause to get stuck as if in a mire; "The mud mired our cart"mireget stuck, grind to a halt, mire, bog down - be unable to move further; "The car bogged down in the sand" | | 3. |  bog down - be unable to move further; "The car bogged down in the sand"get stuck, grind to a halt, mirestand still - remain in place; hold still; remain fixed or immobile; "Traffic stood still when the funeral procession passed by"bog down, mire - cause to get stuck as if in a mire; "The mud mired our cart" | | 4. | bog down - cause to slow down or get stuck; "The vote would bog down the house"bogslow up, slow, slow down - cause to proceed more slowly; "The illness slowed him down" |
Translationsbog down
bog downTo slow down or burden someone or something. (A bog is an area of wet, muddy ground that it is difficult to walk through.) Don't bog down your brother with more suggestions—his paper is due tomorrow, so he needs to commit to a topic and just write about it! We were hoping to open the restaurant by the holidays, but we've gotten bogged down with regulations and permits.See also: bog, downbogged downBurdened or impeded by something. (A bog is an area of wet, muddy land that it is difficult to walk through.) Try not to get bogged down in the details of this project—we're looking for speed more than accuracy.See also: bog, downbog downto become encumbered and slow. (As if one were walking through a bog and getting stuck in the mud. Often preceded by a form of get.) The process bogged down and almost stopped. The truck got bogged down in the mud soon after it started.See also: bog, down*bogged downstuck; prevented from making progress. (*Typically: be ~; get ~; become ~.) The students became bogged down with the algebra problems. The Smiths really got bogged down in decorating their house.See also: bog, downbog downBecome stuck, be unable to progress, as in Their research bogged down because they lacked the laboratory expertise. This expression transfers sinking into the mud of a swamp to being hampered or halted. [First half of 1900s] See also: bog, downbog down
Synonyms for bog downverb get stuck while doing somethingSynonymsRelated Words- break off
- discontinue
- stop
- break
verb cause to get stuck as if in a mireSynonymsRelated Words- get stuck
- grind to a halt
- mire
- bog down
verb be unable to move furtherSynonyms- get stuck
- grind to a halt
- mire
Related Wordsverb cause to slow down or get stuckSynonymsRelated Words |