muddies the waters
muddies the waters is the third-person singular simple present indicative of muddy the waters.
Meaning of muddy the waters
Verb
muddy the waters (third-person singular simple present muddies the waters, present participle muddying the waters, simple past and past participle muddied the waters)
- To make something unclear and difficult to understand.
- He insisted that the Basque separatist group Eta remained the main line of investigation, and suggested the tape may have been an attempt to muddy the waters.2004 March 12, Giles Tremlett, “The clues that point towards al-Qaida”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
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- Muddies the waters is the third-person singular simple present indicative of muddy the waters.
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