bogged down: meaning & examples
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Meanings:
- Stuck in mud or soft ground so that progress is physically impeded.
Examples
BetaThe truck got bogged down in the muddy field during the rainstorm, unable to move forward.
The truck got bogged down in the muddy field during the rainstorm, unable to move forward.
We tried pushing the car, but it was bogged down so deep in the soft ground that it wouldn't budge.
We tried pushing the car, but it was bogged down so deep in the soft ground that it wouldn't budge.
After the heavy downpour, the hikers found their boots bogged down in thick, wet mud near the riverbank.
After the heavy downpour, the hikers found their boots bogged down in thick, wet mud near the riverbank.
The tractor was bogged down in the field, and it took hours to free it using a winch.
The tractor was bogged down in the field, and it took hours to free it using a winch.
- Impeded or stalled by difficulties, obstacles, excessive detail, or bureaucracy; unable to make progress.
Examples
BetaThe project team got bogged down in endless meetings and couldn't finalize the plan.
The project team got bogged down in endless meetings and couldn't finalize the plan.
If you allow yourself to get bogged down by minor details, you'll never finish the report on time.
If you allow yourself to get bogged down by minor details, you'll never finish the report on time.
She was bogged down with paperwork and couldn't focus on the creative aspects of her job.
She was bogged down with paperwork and couldn't focus on the creative aspects of her job.
Examples:
- EN: I wonder how long we'll be bogged down here.ES: ¿Cuánto tiempo estaremos atascados aquí?
- EN: Britain's hopes of winning in 1917 became bogged downES: Las esperanzas británicas de ganar en 1917 se empantanaron
- EN: I feel like I'm bogged down!ES: ¡Siento que me hundo!
- EN: I'll come around again when you ain't bogged down with old Fancy-pants.ES: Vendré otra vez cuando no estés enredada con el viejo "Pantalones raros".
- EN: Your papers must've bogged down.ES: Se habrá traspapelado.
- EN: He's a veteran. Wants to start a business but we've got him bogged down in red tape, so he can't operate.ES: Quiere empezar un negocio pero nuestra burocracia lo atrapó.
- EN: Until I'm bogged down in babies.ES: Mientras los hijos que tenga me lo permitan.
- EN: There's a tank outfit bogged down on the road 15 miles up.ES: Hay un grupo de tanques atascados a unas 15 millas.
- EN: On that spur is Moray, where one of Patton's spearheading tank outfits is bogged down.ES: En esa espuela está Moray, en donde uno de los equipos de Patton está atascado.
- EN: He's bogged down 20 miles north with a settler's wagon train.ES: Hay una caravana de colonos atrapada en una ciénaga a 30 kilómetros al Norte.
- EN: From now until the Afrika Korps is bogged down, you're going to keep at it day and night.ES: Seguirán trabajando día y noche hasta derrotar al Afrika Korps.
- EN: Get those that are bogged down on their feet!ES: Ve por los que se han empantanado en sus pies.!
- EN: My coach is bogged down.ES: Mi carruaje se ha atascado.
- EN: For a while, the weather had them bogged down a bit, but now it's stopped raining.ES: El clima los atascó un poco... pero ya paró de llover.
- EN: My car's bogged down.ES: Mi auto se averió.
- EN: I wonder how long we'll be bogged down here.ES: ¿Cuánto tiempo estaremos atascados aquí?
- EN: Britain's hopes of winning in 1917 became bogged downES: Las esperanzas británicas de ganar en 1917 se empantanaron
- EN: I feel like I'm bogged down!ES: ¡Siento que me hundo!
- EN: I'll come around again when you ain't bogged down with old Fancy-pants.ES: Vendré otra vez cuando no estés enredada con el viejo "Pantalones raros".
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