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muddles up

muddles up is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 muddles up

What is muddles up the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Muddles up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of muddle up.

Words near muddles up in the dictionary

  1. muddlers
  2. muddles
  3. muddles along
  4. muddles the waters
  5. muddles through
  6. muddles up
  7. muddlesome
  8. muddliness
  9. muddling
  10. muddling along
  11. muddling the waters

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