bog down
(adverb when tr, often passive) to impede or be impeded physically or mentally
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How to use bog down in a sentence
The Consumer Financial Protection Agency can bog down any other agency by encumbering agency rules or policies.
If previously it had taken all his force to manœuvre himself, he felt now that he would bog down under this new weight.
John Ermine of the Yellowstone | Frederic RemingtonBut a quick survey showed that it would overheat too fast and might easily bog down in one of the many soft spots.
The Secret of the Ninth Planet | Donald Allen WollheimThe day after she went into the bog to gather the bog-down for the seventh shirt.
The King of Ireland's Son | Padraic ColumThen she went into silence again, gathering the bog-down and spinning the thread.
The King of Ireland's Son | Padraic Colum
She was gathering the bog-down for the seventh and last shirt.
The King of Ireland's Son | Padraic Colum
Other Idioms and Phrases with bog down
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]
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