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

The world's finance ministers on their field trip to Washington have had to assume the world economy will muddle through this.

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Many companies will muddle through new challenges as they did the pandemic, or surges in interest rates.

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They’ve become all too common as Sacramento politicians muddle through cycles of economic booms and busts.

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While warmer weather is soon approaching, the region will first have to muddle through a few more chilly and rainy days, according to the National Weather Service in Seattle.

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The company’s dominant consumer brand helped it muddle through a period of slow sales and looming changes in the US housing industry.

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