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mire n. [
quagmire, quag, morass, slack] a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
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mire v. [
entangle] entrap; "Our people should not be mired in the past"
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mire n. [
slop] deep soft mud in water or slush; "they waded through the slop"
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mire v. [
bog down] cause to get stuck as if in a mire; "The mud mired our cart"
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mire n. a difficulty or embarrassment that is hard to extricate yourself from; "the country is still trying to climb out of the mire left by its previous president"; "caught in the mire of poverty"
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