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break down — Synonyms and related words: afflict, aggrieve, alphabetize, analyze, anatomize, anguish, arrange, assay, assort, bawl, beat down, bend, blow, blow down, blubber, boohoo, break, break up, bring down, bring low, bring to tears, bring to terms,… … Moby Thesaurus
bog down — verb 1. get stuck while doing something (Freq. 1) She bogged down many times while she wrote her dissertation • Syn: ↑bog • Hypernyms: ↑break, ↑break off, ↑discontinue, ↑stop … Useful english dictionary
bogged down — adjective a) Stuck, as if in a bog. It was Mr. Womble that tied the rope to the car that was bogged down, and I was the one that tied the other end of it to the end of the truck... b) Stuck; mired, as in detail, difficulty; delayed or made slower … Wiktionary
bogged down — adj. stuck, delayed, caused to slow down; caught in; mired … English contemporary dictionary
bogged down — with endless paperwork Syn: mired, stuck, entangled, ensnared, embroiled; hampered, hindered, impeded, delayed, stalled, detained; swamped, overwhelmed … Thesaurus of popular words
literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… … Universalium
Atal Bihari Vajpayee — infobox Prime Minister order=11th 13th Prime Minister of India order1=First Term order2=Second Term name=Atal Bihari Vajpayee अटल बिहारी वाजपेयी birth date =birth date and age|mf=yes|1924|12|25 birth place =Gwalior State, India death date = death … Wikipedia
Moldova — Moldovan, adj., n. /mawl doh veuh/, n. official name of Moldavia (def. 2). * * * Moldova Introduction Moldova Background: Formerly ruled by Romania, Moldova became part of the Soviet Union at the close of World War II. Although independent from… … Universalium
mire — mire1 [ maır ] noun singular an area of soft wet ground a. an unpleasant situation that you cannot easily escape from: Things have improved, but we re not out of the mire yet. b. drag someone s name through the mire to say or write things that… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
mire — 1 noun (U) literary 1 drag sb s name through the mire to talk about someone publicly in a way that brings shame on them 2 in/into the mire more and more deeply involved in problems: The Party sank deeper into the mire of conflict. 3 deep mud 2… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
