bog down
v 1: get stuck while doing something; "She bogged down many
times while she wrote her dissertation" [syn: {bog down},
{bog}]
2: cause to get stuck as if in a mire; "The mud mired our cart"
[syn: {mire}, {bog down}]
3: be unable to move further; "The car bogged down in the sand"
[syn: {grind to a halt}, {get stuck}, {bog down}, {mire}]
4: cause to slow down or get stuck; "The vote would bog down the
house" [syn: {bog down}, {bog}]