Meanings
verbmuddle on (third-person singular simple present muddles on, present participle muddling on, simple past and past participle muddled on)
present singular third person muddles on · participle present muddling on · participle past muddled on · past muddled on
- Synonym of muddle along.
When the season gets a bit better I shall borrow a shilling of one friend and a shilling of another, and then muddle on with as much stock-money as I can scrape together.
1851, Henry Mayhew, London Labour and the London Poor, published 1861Synonyms: muddle along
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verbSynonym of muddle along.
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muddle on. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/muddle%20on
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