bog in

British  

verb

1. to start energetically on a task

2. to start eating; tuck in

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Example Sentences

But attracting the number of insects required to populate the third largest blanket bog in Northern Ireland could take as long as six years.

From BBC

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

When a family cutting peat for fuel unearthed a mysterious body in a Danish bog in 1950, they assumed the well-preserved corpse was a local murderer’s latest victim.

From National Geographic

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

In his autobiography last year, Mr. Netanyahu spent three chapters explaining how his tenure in the treasury had rescued the economy from an “antiquated semi-socialist bog,” in part by cutting handouts to ultraconservative Jewish Israelis, who often eschew the job market for religious study, and nudging more of them into work.

From New York Times