make matters worse

US /meɪk ˈmætərz wɜrs/
UK /meɪk ˈmætərz wɜrs/
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1.

to make a bad situation even more unpleasant or difficult

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To make matters worse, it started raining heavily as soon as we left.
His rude comments only served to make matters worse during the tense meeting.