"muddle up" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: muddles up [present, singular, third-person], muddling up [participle, present], muddled up [participle, past], muddled up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} muddle up (third-person singular simple present muddles up, present participle muddling up, simple past and past participle muddled up)
  1. (transitive) to confuse (one or more objects with another object or other objects) Tags: transitive Translations (confuse something with another): обърквам (obǎrkvam) (Bulgarian), fare confusione (Italian)
    Sense id: en-muddle_up-en-verb-LcJIO5Pv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "up", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Italian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "up": 46 54 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of 'confuse something with another': 100 0
  2. (transitive) To mix together Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-muddle_up-en-verb-M6uDV83X Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "up", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Italian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "up": 46 54 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 47 53
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        "(transitive) to confuse (one or more objects with another object or other objects)"
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