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Quagmire Quag‧Mire ˈkwæɡmaɪə ˈkwɒɡ ˈkwæɡmaɪr Noun Countable Singular

Front quagmire
Back quag‧mire /ˈkwæɡmaɪə, ˈkwɒɡ- $ ˈkwæɡmaɪr/ noun [countable usually singular]
1an area of soft wet muddy ground:
In the rainy season the roads become a quagmire.
2a difficult or complicated situation:
The Balkan situation became a political and military quagmire.

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