muddle noun
ADJ. awful | embarrassing | bureaucratic, financial
VERB + MUDDLE get (sb) in/into I got into an awful muddle with my tax forms. | make The judge made a muddle of the case.
PREP. in a ~ The house was in a awful muddle by the time the children left. | ~ about/over/with There was a bureaucratic muddle over his appointment.
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