complicate matters
idiom
: to make a situation more complicated
To (further) complicate matters, they both have the same name.
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To complicate matters, a suspicious landlady, Lorelai Brown (actress Pamela Britton) is always snooping around.
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Jim Clash, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
But to complicate matters, there is other stuff in the universe that doesn’t appear to be made from normal atoms at all, called dark matter.
—Stephen L. Levy, The Conversation, 23 June 2025
And with a Suns buyout, no no-trade clause to complicate matters.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 7 July 2025
To complicate matters further, playbooks are becoming more integrated in response to evolving customer preferences.
—Bill Pappas, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
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Jim Clash, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
But to complicate matters, there is other stuff in the universe that doesn’t appear to be made from normal atoms at all, called dark matter.
—Stephen L. Levy, The Conversation, 23 June 2025
And with a Suns buyout, no no-trade clause to complicate matters.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 7 July 2025
To complicate matters further, playbooks are becoming more integrated in response to evolving customer preferences.
—Bill Pappas, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for complicate matters
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“Complicate matters.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/complicate%20matters. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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