muddle up

US /ˈmʌd.əl ʌp/

UK /ˈmʌd.əl ʌp/

1.

ごちゃごちゃにする, 混乱させる

to confuse two or more things or people

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I always muddle up their names because they sound so similar.

彼らの名前はとても似ているので、いつもごっちゃにしてしまう。

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The instructions were so complicated that I muddled them up.

指示が複雑すぎて、ごちゃごちゃにしてしまった。

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confuse mix up jumble scramble disorder

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muddled muddle through on the up and up up up to come up with follow up