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bog down
verb
- adverbwhentr, often passive to impede or be impeded physically or mentally
Idioms and Phrases
Become 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]Example Sentences
In fact, “Wicked” operates with its audience constantly in mind, keeping an amiable pace that manages not to be bogged down by too many songs or unnecessary reprises.
But the weight of expectations is a heavy thing to bear and they bog down this capable movie version on its way to liftoff.
Chinitz added that the reinstitution of fault-only grounds would "bog down" the already overwhelmed family court system as estranged couples air out their deeply personal grievances and spar over proving one party's wrongdoing.
While DeSantis was bogged down with official duties in Florida, Trump moved early to define the contours of the campaign, Lanza said.
They are now bogged down in the mud in what has become a battle of attrition.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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