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Bog down

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To become stuck (as if in a bog) and unable to progress. intransitive

    "The play bogs down in narrative as we watch Max and Rudy flee Berlin."

  2. 2
    get stuck while doing something wordnet
  3. 3
    To cause to become stuck and unable to progress. transitive
  4. 4
    cause to slow down or get stuck wordnet
  5. 5
    be unable to move further wordnet
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  1. 6
    cause to get stuck as if in a mire wordnet

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