: to achieve a degree of success without a decisive plan
mankind … only learns enough from glaciers, floods, and wars to muddle through — Henry Hewes
social legislation muddled through in the right direction — W.A.Orton
suffered several resounding disasters before muddling through to victory — John Masters
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ˌmuddle ˈthrough [intransitive] [present tense I/you/we/they muddle through he/she/it muddles through present participle muddling through past tense muddled through past participle muddled through] phrasal verb
to succeed in doing something despite having no clear plan, method, or suitable equipment
Thesaurus: to succeed in doing somethingsynonym
Main entry: muddle
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cope more or less satisfactorily despite lack of expertise, planning, or equipment
we don't have an ultimate ambition; we just muddle through
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muddle through [phrasal verb]
informal : to do something without doing it very well or easily
I had a hard time with the class, but somehow I muddled through. [=got by]
We won't have much money but we'll muddle through [=manage] somehow.
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Main Entry: ↑muddle
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ˌmuddle ˈthrough derived
to achieve your aims even though you do not know exactly what you are doing and do not have the correct equipment, knowledge, etc
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We'll muddle through somehow.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.