- complicate matters
- make an issue more complex, confuse an issue
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
complicate matters
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complicate — [[t]kɒ̱mplɪkeɪt[/t]] complicates, complicating, complicated VERB To complicate something means to make it more difficult to understand or deal with. [V n] What complicates the issue is the burden of history... [V n] The day s events, he said,… … English dictionary
complicate */*/ — UK [ˈkɒmplɪkeɪt] / US [ˈkɑmplɪˌkeɪt] verb [transitive] Word forms complicate : present tense I/you/we/they complicate he/she/it complicates present participle complicating past tense complicated past participle complicated 1) to make something… … English dictionary
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complicate — verb (t) /ˈkɒmpləkeɪt / (say kompluhkayt) (complicated, complicating) 1. to make complex, intricate, or involved: *To complicate matters though, the old vineyards are fairly mixed so that the Cabernet vineyards have quite a proportion of Malbec… …
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