muddy the waters

muddy the waters
muddy the waters
To confuse a situation by introducing complications
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Main Entry:mud

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muddy the waters/issue/ phrase
to make a situation more complicated or difficult than it needs to be

He produced yet another theory, which only served to muddy the waters.

Thesaurus: to be, or to make something, difficult to understandsynonym
Main entry: muddy

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make an issue or a situation more confusing by introducing complications

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muddy the waters
: to make something more complicated or difficult to understand

The latest study muddies the waters by suggesting an alternate explanation.

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Main Entry:muddy
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muddy the waters — see muddy, 2
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Main Entry:water

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muddy the ˈwaters, ˈissue, etc. idiom
(disapproving) to make a simple situation confused and more complicated than it really is

She deliberately muddied the waters by constantly referring to other irrelevant cases.

Main entry:muddyidiom

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