1 [C,U] (an area of) wet soft ground, formed of decaying plants:
a peat bog
seealsoBOGGY
2 [C] (BrE, slang) a toilet:
Have you got any bog roll (= toilet paper)? * Sam was on the bog when I arrived.
verb (-gg-)
PHRASALVERBS
bog sth/sb down (in sth) [usuallypassive]
1 to make sth sink into mud or wet ground:
The tank became bogged down in mud.
2 to prevent sb from making progress in an activity:
We mustn't get bogged down in details.
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