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— Stephen Crane

I looked here;

I looked there;

Nowhere could I see my love.

And--this time--

…

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adverb

In an accidental manner; by chance, unexpectedly.

“He discovered penicillin largely accidentally.”

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Dictionary Entry

muddle up

Part of Speech: verb

To confuse (one or more objects with another object or other objects)

In a Sentence

“Whenever I meet the twins, I always muddle up their names. I call John Jim, and Jim John.”

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Related Words

muddleconfusebemuddleconfuddleconfoundconvolutejumblemingle-mangle

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