muddle through
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Related to muddle through: muddle up, wreak havoc
muddle through (something)
To do a particular task with difficulty. I muddled through that job interview because I was sick with a cold at the time.
muddle through (something)
to manage to get through something awkwardly. We hadn't practiced the song enough, so we just muddled through it. We didn't know what we were meant to do, so we muddled through.
muddle through
Blunder through something, manage but awkwardly, as in The choir never knows how to line up, but we muddle through somehow. [Early 1900s]
muddle through
v.
To do some task poorly or without strong motivation: I forgot the cookbook, so we just muddled through the recipe without it.