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bog down

verb

to impede or be impeded physically or mentally

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Idioms and Phrases

Become stuck, be unable to progress, as in Their research bogged down because they lacked the laboratory expertise. This expression transfers sinking into the mud of a swamp to being hampered or halted. [First half of 1900s]

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Even if the bill gets “bogged down” in D.C., he said, introducing it helps keep the issue alive at the local level.

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The song itself is pretty cringe, with a lyric bogged down by cliches and a melody you’ve heard a zillion times before.

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The FCC’s review of the Skydance deal has become bogged down.

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Since then, the FCC’s review of Paramount’s Skydance deal has become bogged down.

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Remember, up until the 2023 Windsor Framework agreement, London and Brussels were bogged down in a protracted dispute over trade arrangements for Northern Ireland.

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