bogged down
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bogged down (not comparable)
- Stuck, as if in a bog.
- 1922, The Southwestern Reporter:
- It was Mr. Womble that tied the rope to the car that was bogged down, and I was the one that tied the other end of it to the end of the truck...
- (idiomatic, figuratively) Stuck; mired, as in detail, difficulty; delayed or made slower.
- 2003, Patrick W O'Carroll, et al: Public Health Informatics and Information Systems:
- However, if the project manager has a sense that the project is getting bogged down, there is one additional strategy that can be employed...
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Stuck as in a bog
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In difficulty so progress is slowed
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