[U] (written) an area of deep mud:
The wheels sank deeper into the mire. * (figurative) My name had been dragged through the mire (= my reputation was ruined). * (figurative) The government was sinking deeper and deeper into the mire (= getting further into a difficult situation).
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for mire is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is mire a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, mire is tagged as noun.
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