Usually means: Become stuck or hindered progress.
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  1. bog down: Merriam-Webster
  2. bog down: Collins English Dictionary
  3. bog down: Vocabulary.com
  4. bog down: Wiktionary
  5. bog down: Dictionary.com
  6. bog down: Rhymezone
  7. bog down: FreeDictionary.org
  8. bog down: Mnemonic Dictionary
  9. bog down: TheFreeDictionary.com
  10. bog down: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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Definitions from Wiktionary (bog down)

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

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