be/get bogged down
— phrasal verb with bog uk/bɒɡ/us/bɑːɡ/verb -gg-
to be/become so involved in something difficult or complicated that you cannot do anything else:
Let's not get bogged down with individual complaints
UK Try not to get too bogged down in the details.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Experiencing difficulties
- be
- be (caught) between a rock and a hard place idiom
- be climbing the walls idiom
- be for the high jump idiom
- be/come up against a brick wall idiom
- creek
- embattled
- fall into sth
- flounder
- frying pan
- fumble
- leg
- out of the frying pan into the fire idiom
- patch
- pickle
- pressed
- pushed
- ride
- rocky road idiom
- thin
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