muddle up - Definition & Meaning | Lingo Dictionary

muddle up

to confuse or mix two or more things or people togetherto confuse or mix two or more things or people together

Examples

I always muddle up their names.
She's always muddling up the dates.
She muddled up the facts of the case.

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muddle up

Third Person

muddles up

Present Participle

muddling up

Past Tense

muddled up

Past Participle

muddled up

1

to confuse or mix two or more things or people together

I always muddle up their names.
She's always muddling up the dates.
She muddled up the facts of the case.
I'm always muddling up the left and right directions.
It's easy to muddle the details up when you're trying to remember something from a long time ago.

2

to cause something to become confusing or disorganized

The accident muddled up the traffic flow for hours.
The committee's decision has muddled up the plans for the project.
The teacher's explanation just muddles the students up.
His attempt to rearrange the files only served to muddle up the entire organization of documents.