bog in
Britishverb
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to start energetically on a task
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to start eating; tuck in
Example Sentences
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Vittrup Man is the nickname of a Stone Age skeleton recovered from a peat bog in Northwest Denmark, dating to between 3300-3100 BC.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 14, 2024
The presence of wisdom teeth suggest the Tollund Man was at least 20 years old when he died in Denmark’s Bjældskovdal bog in Jutland, but researchers think he was actually between 30 and 40.
From National Geographic ● Feb. 6, 2024
A group of volunteers restoring a Spitfire pulled from a peat bog in Norway have appealed for help as they rebuild it to fly again.
From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2023
They flew from Newfoundland in a twin engine, open-cockpit biplane and landed in a bog in Ireland.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 28, 2020
Get a brush-hook and axe, and a good load o' tucker, and bog in like a man.
From From Chart House to Bush Hut Being the Record of a Sailor's 7 Years in the Queensland Bush by Bryde, Charles W. L.
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