单词 | bog down |
释义 | bog downSEE SYNONYMS FOR bog down ON THESAURUS.COM verb bogs, bogging or bogged(adverb when tr, often passive) to impede or be impeded physically or mentally Words nearby bog downbog asphodel, Boğazköy, bogbean, bog cotton, bog deal, bog down, bogey, bogey-hole, bogeyman, boggart, bogger Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with bog downbog down 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] The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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