to be or become so involved with one particular thing that you cannot make any progress
to be or become stuck in soft wet ground
My car had a flat tyre and the jack was likely to bog down.
She said she'd prefer to be with her Ma and her Da, and his mates and her friends, and not hidin' in a soddin ' bog down south.
The meeting got bogged down with disputes about who was going to do what.
There was enough heavy gear to bog down a couple of camels and we stopped often to rest and listen and look for the guard.
Try not to get bogged down in unnecessary detail.
bogs down
bogging down
bogged down
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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