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muddled the waters

muddled the waters is the simple past and past participle of muddle the waters.

Meaning of muddle 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.

Questions about muddled the waters

What is muddled the waters the simple past and past participle of?
Muddled the waters is the simple past and past participle of muddle the waters.

Words near muddled the waters in the dictionary

  1. muddle up
  2. muddle-headed
  3. muddlebrained
  4. muddled
  5. muddled along
  6. muddled the waters
  7. muddled through
  8. muddled up
  9. muddledness
  10. muddledom
  11. muddlehead

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