bog down (verb)

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• bog down — verb 1. get stuck while doing something (Freq. 1) She bogged down many times while she wrote her dissertation • Syn: ↑bog • Hypernyms: ↑break, ↑break off, ↑discontinue, ↑stop …   Useful english dictionary

• bog down — phrasal verb [transitive, usually passive] Word forms bog down : present tense I/you/we/they bog down he/she/it bogs down present participle bogging down past tense bogged down past participle bogged down 1) be/get bogged down to be or become so… …   English dictionary

• bog down — verb a) To become stuck (as if in a bog) and unable to progress. b) To cause to become stuck and unable to progress …   Wiktionary

• bog — ► NOUN 1) an area of soft, wet, muddy ground. 2) Brit. informal a toilet. ► VERB (bogged, bogging) 1) (bog down) cause to become stuck; hinder the progress of. 2) (bog in …   English terms dictionary

• bog — I. /bɒg / (say bog) noun 1. wet, spongy ground, with soil composed mainly of decayed vegetable matter. 2. an area or stretch of such ground. 3. Colloquial a type of putty used to fill dents in the bodywork of vehicles. –verb (bogged, bogging)… …  

• bog — bog1 [ bɔg ] noun 1. ) count or uncount an area of ground that is always very wet and soft 2. ) count BRITISH INFORMAL a toilet bog bog 2 [ bag ] verb ,bog down phrasal verb transitive usually passive 1. ) to be or become stuck in soft wet ground …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• bog — I UK [bɒɡ] / US [bɔɡ] noun Word forms bog : singular bog plural bogs 1) [countable/uncountable] an area of ground that is always very wet and soft 2) [countable] British informal a toilet II UK [bɒɡ] / US [bɑɡ] verb Word forms bog : present tense …   English dictionary

• slow down — verb 1. lose velocity; move more slowly (Freq. 5) The car decelerated • Syn: ↑decelerate, ↑slow, ↑slow up, ↑retard • Ant: ↑accelerate ( …   Useful english dictionary

• bog — I. noun Etymology: Middle English (Scots), from Scottish Gaelic & Irish bog (as in bogluachair bulrushes), from bog marshy, literally, soft, from Middle Irish bocc; probably akin to Old English būgan to bend more at bow Date: 14th century wet… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• bog — 1 noun 1 (C, U) an area of wet muddy ground that you can sink into compare marsh, swamp 1 2 (C) BrE slang a toilet 2 verb bog sb down phrasal verb (T) 1 to become too involved in thinking about or dealing with one particular thing (+ in): Don t… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• bog — noun 1》 an area of very soft wet muddy ground.     ↘Ecology wetland with acid, peaty soil. Compare with fen1. 2》 Brit. informal a toilet. verb (bogs, bogging, bogged) 1》 (usu. be bogged down) cause to become stuck; hinder the progress of. 2》 (bog …   English new terms dictionary