muddy the waters
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[edit]Verb
[edit]muddy the waters (third-person singular simple present muddies the waters, present participle muddying the waters, simple past and past participle muddied the waters)
- (idiomatic) To make something unclear and difficult to understand.
- Alternative form: muddy the water
- 2018 November 4, John Crace, “Marr founders on the Rocks of Arron Banks's muddy waters”, in The Guardian[2], →ISSN:
- “Thank you for having me on,” Banks began. The one statement he made that sounded genuinely credible. It’s not often that someone accused of electoral fraud gets to muddy the waters on live television ahead of a possible criminal investigation.
Translations
[edit]To make something unclear and difficult to understand
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