Muddle I Muddled Meaning Succeed Skills Equipment Needed

Meaning: If you muddle through, you succeed in doing something even though you haven't got the skills or equipment usually needed.

• muddle through Our coach was sick, so I had to train the team myself. I'd never done it before but I muddled through somehow and it wasn't too bad.
  
  
• muddle through He'd never refereed a football match before, but he muddled through without making any really bad mistakes.