muddy the waters
US /ˈmʌdi ðə ˈwɑtɚz/
・UK /ˈmʌdi ðə ˈwɔ:təz/
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idm.To make a situation more confusing or unclear.
His vague answers only muddied the waters during the meeting.
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Trump sues Murdoch and Wall Street Journal for $10bn over Epstein article | BBC News
- It's actually about trying to muddy the waters for the Wall Street Journal and for other outlets.
It's actually about trying to muddy the waters for the Wall Street Journal and for other outlets.
- It's actually about trying to, um, muddy the waters for the Wall Street Journal and for other outlets.
It's actually about trying to, um, muddy the waters for the Wall Street Journal and for other outlets.
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- Now, it's possible that this big trove of emails the Republicans dumped out there were supposed to be sort of a flooding of the zone and to muddy the waters and make the story confusing and take it off the front page.
Now, it's possible that this big trove of emails the Republicans dumped out there were supposed to be sort of a flooding of the zone and to muddy the waters and make the story confusing and take it off the front page.
- Now, it's possible that this big trove of emails the Republicans dumped out there were supposed to be sort of a flooding of the zone and to muddy the waters and make the story confusing and take it off the front page.
Now, it's possible that this big trove of emails the Republicans dumped out there were supposed to be sort of a flooding of the zone and to muddy the waters and make the story confusing and take it off the front page.
Epstein files: Ghislaine Maxwell refuses to testify, pleads fifth
- I mean, it, it's, it's—I, I think the Clintons are trying to muddy the waters and create a false narrative like, "Oh, deposition's behind closed doors." That deposition was behind closed doors.
I mean, it, it's, it's—I, I think the Clintons are trying to muddy the waters and create a false narrative like, "Oh, deposition's behind closed doors." That deposition was behind closed doors.
- I think the Clintons are trying to muddy the waters and create a false narrative like, oh, depositions behind closed doors.
I think the Clintons are trying to muddy the waters and create a false narrative like, oh, depositions behind closed doors.
Epstein Files: DOJ names Elvis & other ‘politically exposed persons’
- One of your colleagues, Democrat Ro Khanna, said that this is DOJ's attempt to muddy the waters.
One of your colleagues, Democrat Ro Khanna, said that this is DOJ's attempt to muddy the waters.
- One of your colleagues, Democrat Ro Khanna, said that this is DOJ's attempt to muddy the waters.
One of your colleagues, Democrat Ro Khanna, said that this is DOJ's attempt to muddy the waters.
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- Also here, there's something else going on, and I don't want to muddy the waters.
Also here, there's something else going on, and I don't want to muddy the waters.
- Also here there's something else going on and I don't want to muddy the waters.
Also here there's something else going on and I don't want to muddy the waters.
Immigration, populism and the far right: Mehdi Hasan & Matthew Goodwin | Head to Head
- One of the things that you do is you muddy the waters about what we're talking about.
One of the things that you do is you muddy the waters about what we're talking about.
- One of the things that you do is you muddy the waters about what we're talking about.
One of the things that you do is you muddy the waters about what we're talking about.
Socialist Gains Test Democratic Party Unity
- Or is it just going to muddy the waters because voters' attention spans are short and November's right around the corner?
Or is it just going to muddy the waters because voters' attention spans are short and November's right around the corner?
PBS News Hour full episode, July 23, 2026
- But this is the kind of incendiary, provocative behavior by the Houthis that could really, you know, muddy the waters and tilt the scales back toward war inside Yemen as well, because the Yemeni people don't want to see this.
But this is the kind of incendiary, provocative behavior by the Houthis that could really, you know, muddy the waters and tilt the scales back toward war inside Yemen as well, because the Yemeni people don't want to see this.
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- So why muddy the waters by saying, "You know what's going to happen?" It ties your hands.
So why muddy the waters by saying, "You know what's going to happen?" It ties your hands.
Instadocs: Alex Murdaugh, Unconvicted | Official Clip | Netflix
- The defense's job is to muddy the waters, to throw out a thousand conspiracy theories and get people thinking about everything else except about the facts of the case.
The defense's job is to muddy the waters, to throw out a thousand conspiracy theories and get people thinking about everything else except about the facts of the case.