From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishmuddle through (something) phrasal verb especially British EnglishSUCCEED IN DOING somethingto succeed in doing something with difficulty, or not in a very satisfactory way There were some difficult questions but I managed to muddle through. The team managed to muddle through another season. → muddle→ See Verb table
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muddle through • She just has to muddle through.• While children were very young it was possible to muddle through.• They must muddle through in a fog of grumble and contempt.• You muddle through, reduced to selling your own ads to make a decent buck.• My own feeling in 1981 was that we should try to achieve something better and that just muddling through was not enough.• Others have muddled through without a policy, although in that situation choices are still forced willy-nilly upon those who select materials.• Like so many other students, he had muddled through without having to break a sweat. 