2 verb If you muddle things or people, you get them mixed up, so that you do not know which is which.
(=mix up, confuse)
Already, one or two critics have begun to muddle the two names... V n
Muddle up means the same as muddle., phrasal verb
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muddled up adj
I know that I am getting my words muddled up. muddle through phrasal verb If you muddle through, you manage to do something even though you do not have the proper equipment or do not really know how to do it.