muddle along
phrasal verb
muddled along; muddling along; muddles along
informal
: to think, act, or proceed in a confused way or without a plan
She muddled along for a few years before going to college.
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Outside Israel and the Palestinian territories, the region as a whole is still muddling along.
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Karen E. Young, Foreign Affairs, 31 July 2024
Instead, when faced with crisis, the Iranian elite simply improvises and muddles along.
—Ali Reza Eshraghi, Foreign Affairs, 24 May 2023
In the absence of a unique strategy story, management teams will muddle along and manage by cliché, tweaking things at the operational level, confusing new technology for new strategy, and bouncing from crisis to crisis in a form of motion without movement.
—John G. Singer, Fortune, 15 Feb. 2024
The Middle East’s arc of conflict is spiraling After coming to office, the Biden administration muddled along in the Middle East.
—Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 31 Jan. 2024
Others fall into a rut of muddling along, a permanent socio-economic underclass the existence of which should cause the rest of us to feel shame.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 21 Jan. 2024
The economy stands a good chance of muddling along.
—Philipp Carlsson-Szlezak, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2023
The recovery muddled along at a tepid pace for years.
—Jeanna Smialek, New York Times, 21 Sep. 2023
Violence in Israel puts spotlight on the ‘one-state’ reality
In the face of all this, the Biden administration is muddling along and doing little to change a dangerous status quo.
—Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 7 July 2023
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Karen E. Young, Foreign Affairs, 31 July 2024
Instead, when faced with crisis, the Iranian elite simply improvises and muddles along.
—Ali Reza Eshraghi, Foreign Affairs, 24 May 2023
In the absence of a unique strategy story, management teams will muddle along and manage by cliché, tweaking things at the operational level, confusing new technology for new strategy, and bouncing from crisis to crisis in a form of motion without movement.
—John G. Singer, Fortune, 15 Feb. 2024
The Middle East’s arc of conflict is spiraling After coming to office, the Biden administration muddled along in the Middle East.
—Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 31 Jan. 2024
Others fall into a rut of muddling along, a permanent socio-economic underclass the existence of which should cause the rest of us to feel shame.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 21 Jan. 2024
The economy stands a good chance of muddling along.
—Philipp Carlsson-Szlezak, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2023
The recovery muddled along at a tepid pace for years.
—Jeanna Smialek, New York Times, 21 Sep. 2023
Violence in Israel puts spotlight on the ‘one-state’ reality
In the face of all this, the Biden administration is muddling along and doing little to change a dangerous status quo.
—Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 7 July 2023
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“Muddle along.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/muddle%20along. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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