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muddled up

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

Meaning of muddle up

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) to confuse (one or more objects with another object or other objects)
    • Whenever I meet the twins, I always muddle up their names. I call John Jim, and Jim John.
  2. (transitive) To mix together
    • muddle up the letters in the word, and try to make new ones.

Questions about muddled up

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

Words near muddled up in the dictionary

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

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