muddle along

muddle along
muddle along
to progress in confusion; to continue awkwardly. •

I will just have to muddle along as best I can until things get straightened out.

The project muddled along until the new manager got hold of it.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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  • muddle on — phrasal verb muddle along or muddle on [intransitive] Word forms muddle along : present tense I/you/we/they muddle along he/she/it muddles along present participle muddling along past tense muddled along past participle muddled along to continue… …   English dictionary

  • muddle — mud|dle1 [ˈmʌdl] n 1.) be in a muddle/get into a muddle BrE a) to be confused ▪ I m in such a muddle, I d completely forgotten you were coming today. be in a muddle/get into a muddle over/about ▪ My grandmother tends to get into a muddle over… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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