bog down
[verb]
Synonyms: delay, decelerate, detain, embog, hang up, mire, retard, set back, slacken, slow (up or down)

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bog somebody/something ↔ down phrasal verb [usually passive] (see also bog)

1. if a process or plan becomes bogged down, it is delayed so that no progress is made:
Talks to settle the pay dispute have become bogged down.
bog somebody/something ↔ down in
Don’t let yourself get bogged down in minor details.

2. if something gets bogged down, it becomes stuck in soft ground and is unable to move:
The car got bogged down in the mud.

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bog down
bog down (someone/something)
to cause someone or something to stop developing or moving forward.
The film bogs down after a really great beginning.

Etymology: based on the idea of being trapped in a bog (= area of soft, wet earth)

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bog down something
bog down (someone/something)
to cause someone or something to stop developing or moving forward.
The film bogs down after a really great beginning.

Etymology: based on the idea of being trapped in a bog (= area of soft, wet earth)

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bog down
1 .to slow down, to become stuck
I quickly became bogged down with all of the work that I had to do.

2. to slow to a stop
The negotiations bogged down over the issue of part-time workers.

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bog down(1)
v. phr. To be immobilized in mud, snow, etc.; slow down.
Our research got bogged down for a lack of appropriate funding.
Don't get bogged down in too much detail when you write an action story.

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bog down(2)
v. phr., mostly intransitive or passive
1. To stop progressing; to slow to a halt.
Work on the new building bogged down, because the contractor didn't deliver the needed concrete blocks.
2. To become entangled with a variety of obstacles making your efforts unproductive or unsatisfying.
The novelist wrote tittle last summer because she got bogged down in housework.

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bog down someone
bog down (someone/something)
to cause someone or something to stop developing or moving forward.
The film bogs down after a really great beginning.

Etymology: based on the idea of being trapped in a bog (= area of soft, wet earth)

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