1
[ verb ] get stuck while doing something

Synonyms

bog

Examples

"She bogged down many times while she wrote her dissertation"

Used in print

(The Miami Herald,...)

Too many have bogged_down in bickering .

Related terms

break

2
[ verb ] cause to get stuck as if in a mire

Synonyms

mire

Examples

"The mud mired our cart"

Related terms

get_stuck get_stuck

3
[ verb ] be unable to move further

Synonyms

mire grind_to_a_halt get_stuck

Examples

"The car bogged down in the sand"

Related terms

stand_still get_stranded mire mire

4
[ verb ] cause to slow down or get stuck

Synonyms

bog

Examples

"The vote would bog down the house"

Related terms

slow

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