Meaning

3 senses

  1. (Australia, intransitive, slang)To start eating with gusto.

  2. (Australia, intransitive, slang)To tackle a task vigorously.

  3. (passive, transitive, usually)To halt the progress of.

Examples

7 sentences

  1. The truck got bogged down in the mud.

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  2. We were bogged down in a morass of paperwork.

    ruМы увязли в трясине бумажной работы. — RusVictoric1993

    deWir versanken in einem Morast an Papierkram. — Yorwba

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  3. I don't want to get bogged down in details.

    deIch möchte mich nicht in den Details verzetteln. — Yorwba

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  4. This stage bogs down in a state of hopeless confusion.

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  5. You have an English test tomorrow, so don't get bogged down in your math homework tonight.

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Forms

bogs in, bogging in, bogged in, bogged in
Base formbog in · to bog in
3rd person singularbogs in
Present participlebogging in
Past simplebogged in
Past participlebogged in

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybog in
he, she, itbogs in

Past simpleLesson

all personsbogged in

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave bogged in
he, she, ithas bogged in

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill bog in

Phrasal verbs

4 phrasal verbs

Word family

1 related words
Relatedbog into

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
bodyguardbogbogeybogeymanboggle
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