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(transitive, intransitive) To succeed (often clumsily) despite being ill-equipped or inadequately trained.

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muddle through

Source Word

muddle through

IPA(Pronunciation)

Verb

intransitive transitive

(transitive, intransitive) To succeed (often clumsily) despite being ill-equipped or inadequately trained.

Japanese Meaning

準備不足や不十分な訓練の状態にもかかわらず、何とか成功する / 手探りながら、ぎりぎりうまくやり遂げる

We didn't have a user manual, but we managed to muddle through the installation.

取扱説明書がなかったが、準備不足のまま何とかインストールをやり遂げた。

Sense（1）

(transitive, intransitive) To succeed (often clumsily) despite being ill-equipped or inadequately trained.

I’ve only had a few lessons, but I can muddle through the test.

muddles through

（ present singular third-person ）

muddling through

（ participle present ）

muddled through

（ participle past ）

muddled through

（ past ）