bog down

bog down
verb
1. get stuck while doing something (Freq. 1)
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She bogged down many times while she wrote her dissertation

• Syn: ↑bog
• Hypernyms: ↑break, ↑break off, ↑discontinue, ↑stop
• Verb Frames:
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Something ——s

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Somebody ——s

2. cause to get stuck as if in a mire
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The mud mired our cart

• Syn: ↑mire
• Derivationally related forms: ↑mire (for: ↑mire)
• Verb Group: ↑grind to a halt, ↑get stuck, ↑mire
• Cause: ↑grind to a halt, ↑get stuck, ↑mire
• Verb Frames:
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Something ——s somebody

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Something ——s something

3. be unable to move further
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The car bogged down in the sand

• Syn: ↑grind to a halt, ↑get stuck, ↑mire
• Derivationally related forms: ↑mire (for: ↑mire)
• Hypernyms: ↑stand still
• Verb Group: ↑mire
• Verb Frames:
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Something ——s

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Somebody ——s

4. cause to slow down or get stuck
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The vote would bog down the house

• Syn: ↑bog
• Hypernyms: ↑slow, ↑slow down, ↑slow up
• Verb Frames:
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Something ——s somebody

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Something ——s something

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bog down [phrasal verb]
1 bog (something) down or bog down (something) : to cause (something) to sink in wet ground

The mud bogged down the car.

— usually used as (be) bogged down

The car got bogged down in the mud.

— often used figuratively

It's easy to get bogged down in details.

The extra demand can bog down the system.

2 : to become stuck in wet ground

The car bogged down in the mud.

— often used figuratively

The story bogs down after the second chapter.

The extra demand can cause the system to bog down.

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Main Entry: ↑bog

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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