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muddle up

1 of 1verb
/ˈmʌ.dəl ʌp/
Forms:muddles up,muddling up,muddled up,muddled up
1

to confuse or mix two or more things or people together

  • I always muddle up their names.
  • She's always muddling up the dates.
  • She muddled up the facts of the case.
  • I'm always muddling up the left and right directions.
  • It's easy to muddle the details up when you're trying to remember something from a long time ago.
2

to cause something to become confusing or disorganized

  • The accident muddled up the traffic flow for hours.
  • The committee's decision has muddled up the plans for the project.
  • The teacher's explanation just muddles the students up.
  • His attempt to rearrange the files only served to muddle up the entire organization of documents.