Usually means: Make situation more confusing, unclear.
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  1. muddy the waters: Merriam-Webster
  2. muddy the waters: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. muddy the waters: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  4. muddy the waters: Wiktionary

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  1. muddy the waters: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (muddy the waters)

verb:  (idiomatic) To make something unclear and difficult to understand.

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