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muddle on

muddle on verb: synonym of muddle along.

Verb

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

  1. Synonym of muddle along.
    • When the season gets a bit better I shall borrow a shilling of one friend and a shilling of another, and then muddle on with as much stock-money as I can scrape together.1851, Henry Mayhew, London Labour and the London Poor, published 1861
    Synonyms:
    muddle along

Synonyms of muddle on

Forms of muddle on

third-person singular presentmuddles on
present participlemuddling on
past participlemuddled on
pastmuddled on

Questions about muddle on

What does muddle on mean?
Muddle on means synonym of muddle along.
What part of speech is muddle on?
Muddle on is a verb.
What is the past tense of muddle on?
The past tense of muddle on is muddled on.

Words near muddle on in the dictionary

  1. mudding
  2. mudding out
  3. muddish
  4. muddle
  5. muddle along
  6. muddle on
  7. muddle the waters
  8. muddle through
  9. muddle up
  10. muddle-headed
  11. muddlebrained

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