Last Updated：2025/11/24

(intransitive, get-passive) To become stuck (as if in a bog) and unable to progress. / (transitive) To cause to become stuck and unable to progress.

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bog down

Source Word

bog down

Verb

intransitive transitive

Japanese Meaning

（自動詞）泥沼や困難な状況に陥り、物事が思うように進まなくなる / （他動詞）〜を泥沼や困難な状況に陥らせ、進行を阻害する

We tried to finish the project quickly, but the team began to bog down in endless meetings.

私たちはプロジェクトを早く終わらせようとしたが、チームは終わりのない会議で行き詰まり始めた。

Sense（1）

(intransitive, "get"-passive) To become stuck (as if in a bog) and unable to progress.

Sense（2）

(transitive) To cause to become stuck and unable to progress.

bogs down

（ present singular third-person ）

bogging down

（ participle present ）

bogged down

（ participle past ）

bogged down

（ past ）