muddle through

phrasal verb·1 sense·particle through

Meanings

1

Get through despite confusion or difficulty

Why “through”? You start a task and keep going to the end. You finish the whole thing.

Somehow we muddled through the exam.
Somehow we managed to get through the exam despite our confusion.
The new team muddled through the first shift.
The new team managed the first shift despite confusion.

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muddle throughmuddle up

Muddle through means get through despite confusion or difficulty. Muddle up means confuse two or more things, often by mistaking one for the other.

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