bogging down
Losing forward momentum
To bog down is to become stuck or slowed, as if mired in a bog.
Progress halts or slows dramatically: The project bogged down in committee.
Vehicles bog down in mud; negotiations bog down in procedural disputes.
The image is of sinking into soft, wet ground where forward movement becomes impossible.
- bogAcidic peat wetland
- mireBoggy, waterlogged terrain
- overwhelmDefeat by excess
- sinkingFalling through water
- inefficiencySuboptimal use of resources
paralysis · hitting a wall · bureaucracy · stagnation · swamp · stuck in the mud · gridlock · trudging · inertia · entanglement · encumbered · indecision · bottleneck · blockage · trapping · obstruction · red tape · delay
bogging downaccelerating
Increasing in speed
speeding up · picking up speed · progressing · advancing · forging ahead
bogging downstreamlining
Making more aerodynamic or efficient
flowing · firing on all cylinders · gaining traction · making progress · wrapping up
bogging downflowing
Moving continuously onward
cruising · gliding · clicking · hitting stride · streamlining
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