bog down
To become stuck and unable to progressTo become stuck (as if in a bog) and unable to progress.
» He got bogged down at work.
darinmex · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
2 senses(intransitive)To become stuck (as if in a bog) and unable to progress.
We've gotten bogged down in trifling details.
feststecken, festsitzen
застреватьzastrevatʹ, увязатьuvjazatʹ
(transitive)To cause to become stuck and unable to progress.
blockieren
загру́знутиzahrúznuty
cause to get stuck as if in a mire
Examples
15 sentencesHe got bogged down at work.
The talks have become bogged down.
deDie Verhandlungen haben sich festgefahren. — Yorwba
The mud bogged down the truck.
Algeria is bogged down with problems.
The truck got bogged down in the mud.
Translations
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Forms
bogs down, bogging down, bogged down, bogged down| Base form | bog down · to bog down |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | bogs down |
| Present participle | bogging down |
| Past simple | bogged down |
| Past participle | bogged down |
irregular
Phrasal verbs
4 phrasal verbsSynonyms
6 synonymsWord family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.