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 further, a news crew is on campus filming a documentary. Ralphie Aversa, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025 Foreign actors may complicate matters. Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 20 Sep. 2025 To complicate matters, Talese didn’t feel like writing about Sinatra, preferring non-celebrity subjects, while Sinatra, hampered by post-nasal drip, didn’t feel like talking to Talese. Mark Rozzo, Air Mail, 20 Sep. 2025 Three powerful billionaires will also complicate matters. Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 8 Sep. 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 16 Oct. 2025.

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