muddle along

Verb

muddle along (third-person singular simple present muddles along, present participle muddling along, simple past and past participle muddled along)

1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To live or work in an unorganized and unplanned way.
   • Executives are content to muddle along as long as profits are satisfactory — Attention to operating matters is a child of adversity.1940, unnamed executive quoted in United States. Temporary National Economic Committee, Investigation of concentration of economic power, U.S. Government Printing Office, page 66
   • Indeed, they may muddle along a little better, armed with the view that the world is subject to their control.1982, Michael Schudson, The Power of News, Harvard University Press, →ISBN, page 170

   Synonyms:

   muggle, muddle on