The film bogs down after a really great beginning.
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
bog down something — bog down (someone/something) to cause someone or something to stop developing or moving forward. The film bogs down after a really great beginning. Etymology: based on the idea of being trapped in a bog (= area of soft, wet earth) … New idioms dictionary
bog down — (someone/something) to cause someone or something to stop developing or moving forward. The film bogs down after a really great beginning. Etymology: based on the idea of being trapped in a bog (= area of soft, wet earth) … New idioms dictionary
bog — bog1 [bɔg US ba:g, bo:g] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Scottish Gaelic; Origin: bogach, from bog soft ] 1.) [U and C] an area of low wet muddy ground, sometimes containing bushes or grasses →↑marsh, swamp ↑swamp 2.) BrE informal a toilet … Dictionary of contemporary English
bog — I. /bɒg / (say bog) noun 1. wet, spongy ground, with soil composed mainly of decayed vegetable matter. 2. an area or stretch of such ground. 3. Colloquial a type of putty used to fill dents in the bodywork of vehicles. –verb (bogged, bogging)… …
bog — noun Syn: marsh, swamp, mire, quagmire, morass, slough, fen, wetland Phrases: bog someone/something down … Synonyms and antonyms dictionary
bog someone/something down — MIRE, stick, entangle, ensnare, embroil; hamper, hinder, impede, delay, stall, detain; swamp, overwhelm. → bog … Useful english dictionary
bog someone/something down — Syn: mire, stick, entangle, ensnare, embroil, hamper, hinder, impede, obstruct, swamp, overwhelm … Synonyms and antonyms dictionary
stick — [stik] n. [ME stikke < OE sticca, akin to Du stek, ON stik < IE base * steig , a point > STAKE, Frank * stakka, Gr stigma, L instigare, INSTIGATE] 1. a long, usually slender piece of wood; specif., a) a twig or small branch broken off or … English World dictionary
taxation — taxational, adj. /tak say sheuhn/, n. 1. the act of taxing. 2. the fact of being taxed. 3. a tax imposed. 4. the revenue raised by taxes. [1250 1300; < ML taxation (s. of taxatio) an appraising (see TAX, ATION); r. ME taxacioun < AF < ML, as… … Universalium
Korsun-Cherkassy Pocket — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Battle of the Korsun Cherkassy Pocket caption= partof=the Eastern Front of World War II place=Cherkassy / Korsun, USSR date=January 24, 1944 ndash; February 16, 1944 result=|result=Soviet victory; German… … Wikipedia
