muddy up

• Verbo frasal que significa tornar algo confuso, obscuro ou sujo; também usado em sentido figurado para complicar ou turvar uma situação.

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

incontável · transitivo · phrasal, separável

1. Make something dirty with mudinformal

   To cause something to become covered or soiled with mud.

   Cobrir de lama

   • 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.

   Sinônimosbefoulbesmirchdirtymuddysmirchsoilstainsully

   Antônimoscleanrinsewash

2. Confuse or obscureinformal

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

   Confundir

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

   Sinônimosbefogblurcloudcomplicateconfusemuddyobfuscateobscure

   Antônimosclarifyclearilluminatesimplify

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