to bog
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6.1
- verb
- /bɔg/
- Then why bring up the possibility of bogging down?
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Watch on YouTubeIn that way, I feel like now our relationship isn't bogged down by all that old stuff.
- In that way, I feel like now our relationship isn't bogged down by all that old stuff.
- And due to all sorts of other issues bogging them down, that was not able to happen.
- But I try not to get bogged down in that because that's not really the issue here.
- Sometimes writers get so bogged down with, Oh no, I've got to adhere to to these.
- Because there's a real value, I think, in these feeling like they're moving from bit to bit and not just getting bogged down in one bit.
- And I think sometimes we can get bogged down with what our relationship might look like from the outside and what other people might think.
- Do you think that they're bogged down about how everyone is going to steal their stuff, or do you think they're spending their energy making more cool new stuff?
- So suddenly it, whatever has been bogging you as a man or as a football fan suddenly at all starts to drift away a little bit.
Examples
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The project started to bog down because of too many conflicting opinions.
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Because there's a real value, I think, in these feeling like they're moving from bit to bit and not just getting bogged down in one bit.
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And I think sometimes we can get bogged down with what our relationship might look like from the outside and what other people might think.
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Clearly, the growth process in the East was bogging down.
Academic text (1991) -
Rather, he was trying to keep it from completely bogging down.
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These just get like bogged down with work stuff and just random stuff for the kids.
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I don't want to get bogged down too much in those details.
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In that way, I feel like now our relationship isn't bogged down by all that old stuff.
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And so often we get bogged down in our own ego needs and lose sight of deeper, other and collective needs.
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Earlier, the Falcons had to settle for a 20-yard field goal after bogging down deep in New Orleans territory.
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Synonyms
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2.2
To be unable to move or continue because something blocks you
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3.4
To continue slowly in a way that makes time feel long
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3.2
To block a pipe or passage so flow stops
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5.8
To become stuck and unable to make progress because of problems
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7.8
In a bad situation that stops progress like being stuck in mud
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3.7
To block a drain or road so things cannot move through it
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2.7
A very slow movement, often of traffic or of a project
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7.2
To make moving parts stuck with dirt or glue so they stop working
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5.3
To walk slowly with heavy steps, often through mud or when tired
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7.6
To become stuck in mud or a difficult situation
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5.8
To get stuck and stop making progress
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4.2
To continue very slowly in a tiring and boring way
Antonyms
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
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6.2
A plant that grows in very wet, soft ground like bogs and marshes and can live in poor soil
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9.3
A low evergreen shrub with leathery leaves that grows in bogs and produces small blue-black berries
- Specialized
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9.9
A thin evergreen shrub with small hanging pink or white flowers that grows in wet bogs
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9.9
A small animal like a mouse that lives in wet mountain meadows in Canada and Alaska
- US
A kind of North American orchid with many white flowers on a tall leafy stem that grows in wet ground
- US
A low-growing shrub in bogs of the northwest United States with small purple flowers and pale blue-green leaves below
- Specialized
A shrub with bitter-smelling leaves and small white or purple flowers that grows in wet places
- Specialized
A plant with long stems of many small fragrant white flowers that grows in wet bogs
- Canadian
A flower that grows in bogs with one fragrant bright-pink bloom and wide open petals
A small evergreen shrub with thick leaves that grows in bogs and makes edible blue or black berries
An evergreen shrub that grows in northern bogs with pink or white bell-shaped flowers
- Specialized
A plant with yellow flowers that grows in marshes in the eastern United States
A small mouse-like animal that lives in wet bogs and meadows in North America
How Stuck
Surface Forms
Etymology
Bog as a verb comes from the image of getting trapped in soft ground called a bog. So when a discussion or task 'bogs' it is like a car stuck in mud that cannot move forward.