"muddy up" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-muddy up.ogg Forms: muddies up [present, singular, third-person], muddying up [participle, present], muddied up [participle, past], muddied up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} muddy up (third-person singular simple present muddies up, present participle muddying up, simple past and past participle muddied up)
  1. (of a body of water) To make muddy; to make clear water into muddy water.
    Sense id: en-muddy_up-en-verb-ZKIIMStc
  2. (transitive, idiomatic) To confuse (an issue or situation); to obscure or obfuscate (an issue or situation). Tags: idiomatic, transitive
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