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muddled through

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

Meaning of muddle through

Verb

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

  1. (ambitransitive) To succeed (often clumsily) despite being ill-equipped or inadequately trained.
    • I’ve only had a few lessons, but I can muddle through the test.

Questions about muddled through

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

Words near muddled through in the dictionary

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

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