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bug down

bug down is the alternative form of bog down.

Meaning of bog down

Verb

bog down (third-person singular simple present bogs down, present participle bogging down, simple past and past participle bogged down)

  1. (intransitive, "get"-passive) To become stuck (as if in a bog) and unable to progress.
    • We've gotten bogged down in trifling details.
  2. (transitive) To cause to become stuck and unable to progress.
    Synonyms:
    mire, hamper, stymie

Forms of bug down

third-person singular presentbugs down
present participlebugging down
past participlebugged down
pastbugged down

Questions about bug down

What is bug down the alternative form of?
Bug down is the alternative form of bog down.

Words near bug down in the dictionary

  1. bug chasers
  2. bug check
  3. bug checks
  4. bug compatibility
  5. bug compatible
  6. bug down
  7. bug eye
  8. bug eyes
  9. bug fix
  10. bug fixes
  11. bug guy

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bug down (page history and authors); bog down (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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