muddy up

• Фразовый глагол, означающий сделать что-то неясным, запутанным или грязным, часто используется в переносном смысле.

A phrasal verb meaning to make something unclear, confusing, or dirty, often used figuratively.

uncountable · transitive · phrasal, separable

1. Make something dirty with mudinformal

   To cause something to become covered or soiled with mud.

   Испачкать грязью

   • The kids muddied up their shoes playing in the garden.
   • Don't muddy up the floor with your boots.
   • The rain muddied up the path completely.

   Synonymsbefoulbesmirchdirtymuddysmirchsoilstainsully

   Antonymscleanrinsewash

2. Confuse or obscureinformal

   To make a situation, idea, or issue unclear or more complicated.

   Запутывать

   • His explanation only muddied up the issue further.
   • The new evidence muddied up the investigation.
   • Don't muddy up the discussion with irrelevant details.

   Synonymsbefogblurcloudcomplicateconfusemuddyobfuscateobscure

   Antonymsclarifyclearilluminatesimplify

Base verbmuddy