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BOG DOWN

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Irregular inflected forms: bogged down    , bogging down    , bogs down   

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Get stuck while doing something

Example:

She bogged down many times while she wrote her dissertation

Synonyms:

bog; bog down

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "bog down" is one way to...):

break; break off; discontinue; stop (prevent completion)

Sentence frames:

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Sense 2

Meaning:

Cause to slow down or get stuck

Example:

The vote would bog down the house

Synonyms:

bog; bog down

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "bog down" is one way to...):

slow; slow down; slow up (cause to proceed more slowly)

Sentence frames:

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Sense 3

Meaning:

Be unable to move further

Example:

The car bogged down in the sand

Synonyms:

bog down; get stuck; grind to a halt; mire

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "bog down" is one way to...):

stand still (remain in place; hold still; remain fixed or immobile)

Verb group:

bog down; mire (cause to get stuck as if in a mire)

Sentence frames:

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Sense 4

Meaning:

Cause to get stuck as if in a mire

Example:

The mud mired our cart

Synonyms:

bog down; mire

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Cause:

bog down; get stuck; grind to a halt; mire (be unable to move further)

Verb group:

bog down; get stuck; grind to a halt; mire (be unable to move further)

Sentence frames:

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