muddy up

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muddy up (third-person singular simple present muddies up, present participle muddying up, simple past and past participle muddied up)

(of a body of water) To make muddy; to make clear water into muddy water.
(transitive, idiomatic) To confuse (an issue or situation); to obscure or obfuscate (an issue or situation).