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Learn “Quagmire”

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Quagmire

noun/KWAG-myre/

Meaning

A difficult, messy situation that is hard to escape from.

In context

After heavy rain the oval became a muddy quagmire nobody could play on.

Remember it

A quagmire is a boggy mire where your feet stick — trouble you can't easily pull free from.

Use it well

Use it both for literal boggy ground and for a sticky, tangled problem.