muddle through

verb

1. intr, adverb to succeed in some undertaking in spite of lack of organization

Idioms and Phrases

Blunder through something, manage but awkwardly, as in The choir never knows how to line up, but we muddle through somehow . [Early 1900s]

Example Sentences

But the option of replacing a new diplomatic breakthrough with open-ended diplomatic muddle-through is not on the table.

From The Daily Beast

Governments manage to muddle through much more often than you think they possibly can.

From The Daily Beast

The best and most realistic hope is that the EU will once again muddle through as it always does.

From The Daily Beast

It will look a little weak and unsystematic, which concerns me and some bad things could muddle through.

From The Daily Beast

And while it has struggled with road and energy infrastructure improvements, it has managed to muddle through with real progress.

From The Daily Beast

Somehow, and despite every conceivable obstacle, it had managed to muddle through, and now it was ready for its work.

From Project Gutenberg

They don't understand very much of each other's speech, but they "muddle through," as Atkins puts it, with "any old lingo."

From Project Gutenberg

We did not know the situation, and we had bought Berande, and there was nothing to do but hang on and muddle through somehow.

From Project Gutenberg

The allied peoples were meanwhile content to muddle through in the old way.

From Project Gutenberg

They muddle through with the greatest possible amount of unnecessary labour and suffering!

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