muddle sb/sth up
mainly UK— phrasal verb with muddle uk/ˈmʌd.əl/us/ˈmʌd.əl/verb
C2 to think that a person or thing is someone or something else because the two people or things are very similar:
I often muddle up Richard with his brother.
It's easy to muddle up some Spanish and Italian words.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Confusion, confusing and feeling confused
- a chicken and egg situation idiom
- addle
- all of a doodah idiom
- all over the place idiom
- at sea idiom
- brainstorm
- disorientate
- disoriented
- distraction
- dither
- dizziness
- ferment
- flutter
- not know what hit you idiom
- not know where/which way to turn idiom
- not know whether to laugh or cry idiom
- not know whether you are coming or going idiom
- off balance
- turbulence
- whirl
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