bog down

verb

1. to impede or be impeded physically or mentally

Idioms and Phrases

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]

Example Sentences

Sports move so fast that we don’t have time to get bogged down with approvals and multiple meetings to discuss one thing.

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Companies would theoretically also be able to avoid opposition from communities that don’t want data centers in their backyards and sidestep regulations that bog down construction on Earth.

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The movie doesn’t get bogged down in this kind of thing, but it does have a somber air and a looser, more digressive plot than its predecessor.

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The matter has since been bogged down in court.

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Moscow is bogged down militarily in Ukraine and so would struggle to engage members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in conventional combat.

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Related Words

• halt 
• hang up 
• impede 
• stall