bog down
Lose all momentum
To bog down is to become stuck or mired, as if in a bog.
Progress slows or halts: The project bogged down in committee.
Negotiations, vehicles, and conversations all bog down when they lose momentum.
Often passive: We got bogged down in details.
The image is of feet sinking into soft, waterlogged ground—each step harder than the last.
Soft, wet ground
- morassSwampy, confusing situation
- swampWaterlogged land with vegetation
- marshGrassy waterlogged lowland
- mudWet soil mixture
slough · fen · wetland · peat · sludge · muck · soggy · waterlogged
To obstruct movement
- hamperObstruct or clothes basket
- hinderObstruct or delay
- stifleSuppress or restrain
- encumberTo burden or hinder
slow · delay · clog · inhibit · retard · block · thwart · constrain
Stopped unexpectedly
- miredStuck in difficulty
- entrenchedFirmly established, resistant to change
- immobilizedMade unable to move
- trappedUnable to escape
marooned · paralyzed · gridlocked · deadlocked · anchored · rooted · inert · static
Overwhelmed beyond capacity
- inundatedOverwhelmed by quantity
- overloadedBurdened past capacity
- delugedOverwhelmed by abundance
- snowed underOverwhelmed by obligations
buried · drowning · flooded · engulfed · overrun · backlogged · behind · underwater
quagmire
Soft, wet ground
- morassSwampy, confusing situation
- swampWaterlogged land with vegetation
- marshGrassy waterlogged lowland
mud · slough · fen · wetland · peat · sludge · muck · soggy · waterlogged · silt
impede
To obstruct movement
encumber · slow · delay · clog · inhibit · retard · block · thwart · constrain · restrain
stalled
Stopped unexpectedly
- miredStuck in difficulty
- entrenchedFirmly established, resistant to change
- immobilizedMade unable to move
trapped · marooned · paralyzed · gridlocked · deadlocked · anchored · rooted · inert · static · standstill
swamped
Overwhelmed beyond capacity
- inundatedOverwhelmed by quantity
- overloadedBurdened past capacity
- delugedOverwhelmed by abundance
snowed under · buried · drowning · flooded · engulfed · overrun · backlogged · behind · underwater · overwhelmed
bog downforge ahead
Proceed with determination
surge ahead · press on · push forward · make headway · sail through
bog downstreamline
Remove unnecessary elements
expedite · fast-track · cut through · dispatch · wrap up
bog downstreamline
Remove unnecessary elements
expedite · cut through · make headway · power through · gain ground
down, bog, boggy, bogged, bogged down