muddy water

collocation in English

meaningsofmuddyandwater

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muddy
adjective
uk
/ˈmʌd.i/us
/ˈmʌd.i/
covered by or containing mud (= wet, ...
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water
noun
uk
/ˈwɔː.tər/us
/ˈwɑː.t̬ɚ/
a clear liquid, without colour or taste, that falls from the sky as rain and is necessary for animal and ...
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(Definition ofmuddyandwaterfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The original deposit had thus been altered by the succeeding flow ofmuddywaterand other debris that passed through the small openings between the slabs.
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A child tends to regard as a toy an empty medicine tin or a whole lot ofmuddywater.
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I must say that we are inmuddywater.
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I hope that he will clarify the rathermuddywatercontained in the document.
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Thirdly, as we get the receding of the waters with the removing of themuddywaterof unclear draftsmanship, so the policy intention appears exposed for the first time.
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Great fissures and holes opened in the earth,muddywatergushing from them.
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River dolphins have smaller eyes than marine dolphins, and their vision is poorly developed because they live in dark,muddywater.
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Sinkholes appeared at the downstream toe of the dam, andmuddywaterwas observed in the dam's outflow channel.
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This incident causedmuddywaterto seep into the pool, causing the area to close to the public.
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Guru ordered them to come, and he threw a bowl into a tank ofmuddywater.
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Meanwhile, the safe is seen tumbling down the sinkhole before disappearing into themuddywater.
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Currently, the former lake bed contains a variable amount ofmuddywater.
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She watches him thrashing in themuddywaterand hesitates before helping him out.
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Now, the monsoon season brings a lot ofmuddywaterand waste from the rivers.
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It means the river of brown ormuddywater.
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Themuddywateris shown turning red with blood as it reaches the drain.
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The flood sent 18 inches ofmuddywaterthrough the business that crested at 3 feet in some parts of the structure.
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Independent chronicles confirm his death at that time, by failing to jump over amuddywaterway during a skirmish.
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Streets in these areas were covered withmuddywater.
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