bog down
verb1
To become stuck (as if in a bog) and unable to progress.
- We've gotten bogged down in trifling details.
- 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:
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- 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:
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To cause to become stuck and unable to progress.
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