make matters worse
idiom
: to make a situation worse
He laughed at her and then, to make matters worse, he accused her of lying!
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To make matters worse, cities like Houston, New Orleans, Tallahassee, Mobile, Jacksonville, and other places along the Interstate 10 corridor could experience freezing rain.
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Marshall Shepherd, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
To make matters worse, their top two executives, team president Mark Shapiro and president of baseball operations Ross Atkins, aren’t signed past this year either.
—Jim Bowden, The Athletic, 17 Jan. 2025
To make matters worse, a toddler sitting behind the OP repeatedly bumped her seat throughout the flight.
—John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 13 Jan. 2025
To make matters worse, no one test can diagnose axial spondyloarthritis.
—Brittany Risher, SELF, 8 Jan. 2025
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Marshall Shepherd, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
To make matters worse, their top two executives, team president Mark Shapiro and president of baseball operations Ross Atkins, aren’t signed past this year either.
—Jim Bowden, The Athletic, 17 Jan. 2025
To make matters worse, a toddler sitting behind the OP repeatedly bumped her seat throughout the flight.
—John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 13 Jan. 2025
To make matters worse, no one test can diagnose axial spondyloarthritis.
—Brittany Risher, SELF, 8 Jan. 2025
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“Make matters worse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/make%20matters%20worse. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.
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