phrasal verb · neutral
get bogged down (in)
UK/ɡet bɒɡd daʊn ɪn/US/ɡet bɑːɡd daʊn ɪn/get BOGGED down (in)
to become so involved in the details of something that you cannot make progress.
Examples
“We got bogged down in minor details and missed the deadline.”
“Don't get bogged down in minor grammar mistakes when you practice speaking.”
“The committee got bogged down in procedural issues and the meeting ran overtime.”
Band 8 sentence
“The project stalled because the team got bogged down in procedural minutiae instead of focusing on core objectives.”
Collocations
- get bogged down in details
- get bogged down in bureaucracy
Word family
Common mistakes
We got stuck on the details.→We got bogged down in the details.
Say it for a higher band
5get stuck→6be unable to finish→7+get bogged down (in)
Synonyms
become mired (in)
Easily confused
get stuck (on)
“We got stuck on the second question.”
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