enliser
Meanings
Verb
1. to get (a ship or vehicle) stuck in mud, sand etc. (transitive)
2. to get stuck in mud, sand etc. (reflexive)
3. to get bogged down (reflexive, figurative, figuratively)
4. to sink deeper (into a hole of e.g. lies) (reflexive, figurative, figuratively)
Examples4
Les négociations se sont enlisées.
The talks have become bogged down.
Le camion s'enlisa dans le sable.
The lorry was stuck in the sand.
Ma camionnette est enlisée dans la boue.
My pickup is stuck in the mud.
Ce que je redoute le plus, c'est de m'enliser dans une routine.
What I dread most is to get into a rut.