Definition of "bogging down" []

• Present participle of bog down. (verb)

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• "The Führer had become uneasy at the manner in which the Panzer divisions were bogging down in the Istra forests, and favoured a wide sweep behind Moscow rather than a direct march on the capital."
• "His views on the centre-thrust controversy were that Directive 33 would lead to "a bogging down of the current stirring operations," (25th July) and that "The operations ordered by the Führer will lead to a scattering of forces and to stagnation in the decisive direction, Moscow."