bogged down

Related to bogged down: errand, indicated

bog down

To slow down or burden someone or something. (A bog is an area of wet, muddy ground that it is difficult to walk through.) Don't bog down your brother with more suggestions—his paper is due tomorrow, so he needs to commit to a topic and just write about it! We were hoping to open the restaurant by the holidays, but we've gotten bogged down with regulations and permits.
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bogged down

Burdened or impeded by something. (A bog is an area of wet, muddy land that it is difficult to walk through.) Try not to get bogged down in the details of this project—we're looking for speed more than accuracy.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

*bogged down

stuck; prevented from making progress. (*Typically: be ~; get ~; become ~.) The students became bogged down with the algebra problems. The Smiths really got bogged down in decorating their house.
See also: bog, down
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • bog
  • bog down
  • be down to (do something)
  • be down to something
  • come a gutser
  • champ down on (someone or something)
  • bear down
  • come down with
  • be down to (one)
  • be down to somebody/something
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