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muddy the waters

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muddy the waters
to make a situation more confused and less easy to understand or deal with The statistics you quoted didn't prove anything, they simply muddied the waters.
See also: muddy, Waters
muddy the waters
to make a situation more confusing He's just trying to muddy the waters so we won't notice all the bad things he's done.
Usage notes: sometimes used with a modifier: The controversy has muddied the social waters of communities throughout this region.
Related vocabulary: muck something up
See also: muddy, Waters


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