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muddle the waters

muddle the waters verb: eggcorn of muddy the waters.

Verb

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

  1. Eggcorn of muddy the waters.

Forms of muddle the waters

third-person singular presentmuddles the waters
present participlemuddling the waters
past participlemuddled the waters
pastmuddled the waters

Questions about muddle the waters

What does muddle the waters mean?
Muddle the waters means eggcorn of muddy the waters.
What part of speech is muddle the waters?
Muddle the waters is a verb.
What is the past tense of muddle the waters?
The past tense of muddle the waters is muddled the waters.

Words near muddle the waters in the dictionary

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

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