Dictionary

bog down en · VERB

Meanings

1. (intransitive, qualifier:"get"-passive) To become stuck (as if in a bog) and unable to progress.
   • The play bogs down in narrative as we watch Max and Rudy flee Berlin. 1979 December 22, Andy Beck, “BENT: To Remind, To Instruct, To Warn”, in Gay Community News, volume 2, number 22, page 11:
   • DB wanted to start running in 2013, but couldn't get approval for the Velaro trains it wanted to run. It became bogged down in a process controlled by the Intergovernmental Commission (IGC), which includes the Channel Tunnel Safety Authority. 2025 April 16, Philip Haigh, “Competition hots up on the Channel Tunnel route”, in RAIL, number 1033, page 50:
   • We've gotten bogged down in trifling details.
2. (transitive) To cause to become stuck and unable to progress.

Forms

Relateds

embroil · entrap · trap · bug down · bag down

Synonyms

hamper · mire · stymie

Translations (39)

gl estancar (to cause to become stuck) · pl utknąć (to become stuck) · de feststecken (to become stuck) · pl zatrzymywać (to cause to become stuck) · de festsitzen (to become stuck) · es empantanar (to cause to become stuck) · pl zatrzymać (to cause to become stuck) · ca empantanar (to cause to become stuck) · mi tapoko (to become stuck) · pl zablokować (to cause to become stuck) · gl empantanarse (to become stuck) · pl zaklinowywać (to cause to become stuck) · gl empantanar (to cause to become stuck) · pl stawać (to become stuck) · es estancar (to cause to become stuck) · mi powharu (to become stuck) · pl zaklinować (to cause to become stuck) · mi whakamārari (to cause to become stuck) · it impaludarsi (to become stuck) · it arenarsi (to become stuck) · ru увязать (to become stuck) · fr s'enliser (to become stuck) · gl estancarse (to become stuck) · pt atolar (to become stuck) · pt empacar (to become stuck) · no kjøre seg fast (to become stuck) · pl grzęznąć (to become stuck) · pl utkwić (to become stuck) · pl utykać (to become stuck) · es estancarse (to become stuck) · uk загру́знути (to cause to become stuck) · pl stanąć (to become stuck) · es empantanarse (to become stuck) · ru застревать (to become stuck) · de blockieren (to cause to become stuck) · pl blokować (to cause to become stuck) · it impantanarsi (to become stuck) · pl ugrzęznąć (to become stuck) · pl tkwić (to become stuck)