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Bog down Common

Bog down has 5 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

get stuck while doing something

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

2

cause to get stuck as if in a mire

"The mud mired our cart"

3

be unable to move further

"The car bogged down in the sand"

4

cause to slow down or get stuck

"The vote would bog down the house"

5

To become stuck (as if in a bog) and unable to progress.

Example Sentences
"She bogged down many times while she wrote her dissertation" verb
"The mud mired our cart" verb
"The car bogged down in the sand" verb
"The vote would bog down the house" verb
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
break stand still slow
Rhyming Words
own sown town lown mown gown rown down adown known grown frown shown brown sdown coown blown clown crown drown
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