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Verb

To have involved or engaged in deeply

Past tense for to become embroiled or implicated in

Past tense for to become, or cause to become, stuck in mud

Past tense for to dirty or soil, such as with mud

Past tense for to show (someone) to be involved in something unsavory or unlawful

Past tense for to stop, hinder or impede the flow or progress of

Past tense for to make unclear or difficult to understand

Past tense for to make something more complex

Past tense for to apprehend or arrest someone

(idiomatic, figuratively) Burdened or weighed down, especially by a mass of something unpleasant

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To have involved or engaged in deeply

mesmerized^US

mesmerised^UK

hypnotized^US

hypnotised^UK

monopolized^US

held the attention of

monopolised^UK

magnetized^US

tantalized^US

magnetised^UK

tantalised^UK

bedevilled^UK

bedeviled^US

enamored^US

enamoured^UK

engaged one's attention

lit someone's fire

whetted one's appetite

maintained

floated someone's boat

grabbed the attention of

brought in

aroused curiosity

become an obsession with

humoured^UK

humored^US

aroused the curiosity of

became an obsession with

aroused one's curiosity

tickled someone's fancy

caught one's eye

held one's attention

captured one's imagination

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Past tense for to become embroiled or implicated in

fabricated evidence against

fabricated charges against

blackened the name of

stigmatized^US

stigmatised^UK

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“Yet the mass of details, informative and rich as they are, tend to mire the book in a swamp of names and dates.”

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Past tense for to become, or cause to become, stuck in mud

“Couldn't the sediment at the bottom be so deep that it might mire the car with both of them in it?”

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Past tense for to dirty or soil, such as with mud

spoilt^UK

spoiled^US

discoloured^UK

discolored^US

colored^US

coloured^UK

vandalized^US

vandalised^UK

covered with blotches

tampered with

smashed up

banged up

played merry hell with

drove a nail into the coffin of

wore away

driven a nail into the coffin of

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“But they'd made good time over the roads, which couldn't decide whether to jar their bones with rocks and bumps or mire them in mud.”

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Past tense for to show (someone) to be involved in something unsavory or unlawful

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Past tense for to stop, hinder or impede the flow or progress of

baulked^UK

balked^US

threw a spanner in the works

thrown a spanner in the works

brought to screeching halt

threw a monkey wrench in the works of

thrown a monkey wrench in the works of

put at a disadvantage

spoiled^US

spoilt^UK

neutralized^US

neutralised^UK

brought to a standstill

put out of commission

placed at a disadvantage

nipped in the bud

reduced speed

saddled with

put a spoke in someone's wheel

slammed on the anchors

put on the brakes

eased up

put in an unfavourable position

prevented from making progress

inflicted a handicap on

slammed on the brakes

threw a spoke in the wheel of

thrown a spoke in the wheel of

gave a disadvantage to

given a disadvantage to

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Past tense for to make unclear or difficult to understand

Verb

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Past tense for to make something more complex

Verb

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Past tense for to apprehend or arrest someone

Adjective

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(idiomatic, figuratively) Burdened or weighed down, especially by a mass of something unpleasant

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