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Wet, spongy land; soft, low ground saturated with water, but
not usually covered with it; marshy ground away from the seashore. |
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To plunge or sink into a swamp. |
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To cause (a boat) to become filled with water; to capsize
or sink by whelming with water. |
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Fig.: To plunge into difficulties and perils; to
overwhelm; to ruin; to wreck. |
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To sink or stick in a swamp; figuratively, to become
involved in insuperable difficulties. |
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To become filled with water, as a boat; to founder; to
capsize or sink; figuratively, to be ruined; to be wrecked. |
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