(~s, muddling, ~d)
1.
If people or things are in a ~, they are in a state of confusion or disorder.
My thoughts are all in a ~...
...a general ~ of pencils and boxes...
= mess
N-VAR: oft in/into a N
2.
If you ~ things or people, you get them mixed up, so that you do not know which is which.
Already, one or two critics have begun to ~ the two names...
= mix up, confuse
VERB: V n
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Muddle up means the same as ~ .
The question ~s up three separate issues...
He sometimes ~s me up with other patients.
PHRASAL VERB: V P pl-n (not pron), V n P with n, also V pl-n P
~d up
I know that I am getting my words ~d up.
ADJ