Collocations for "muddle"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "muddle" in context.
WordReference English Collocations © 2025
muddle
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- muddle [a story, a tale, an issue, a message]
- are muddling the facts
- muddle up the [cards, items, findings, details]
- muddled the [names, faces, words]
- muddle [through, along, around, about, up]
- muddle through the [confusion, mess]
- we'll muddle through [anyway, somehow]
- was muddling about in the [kitchen, house, garden]
- was muddled by the [numbers, figures, information]
- the [conversation, noise] muddled her thinking
- muddle [oranges, spices, ginger]
- a [real, big, hopeless, confusing, political] muddle
- a muddle of [ideas, thoughts, papers, old toys]
- [cut, get] through the muddle
- my [head, brain] is in a muddle
- got herself into a muddle