help matters
idiom
: to make a situation better
—usually used in negative statements
It didn't exactly help matters when he accused her of lying!
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That was mostly thanks to defensive blunders by Raul Asencio and Antonio Rudiger in the first 10 minutes of play, but a lack of tracking back and being unable to play alongside one another productively from the superstars in question certainly didn’t help matters.
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Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 11 July 2025
Being dealt that hammer blow by Sarr just before half-time did not help matters.
—Art De Roché, New York Times, 31 July 2025
Ben Affleck’s $100,000-a-month Brentwood rental didn’t help matters much.
—Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 21 July 2025
Rather, the reinforcements the Clippers added were just really good (his untimely knee injury didn’t help matters either).
—Mat Issa, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
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Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 11 July 2025
Being dealt that hammer blow by Sarr just before half-time did not help matters.
—Art De Roché, New York Times, 31 July 2025
Ben Affleck’s $100,000-a-month Brentwood rental didn’t help matters much.
—Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 21 July 2025
Rather, the reinforcements the Clippers added were just really good (his untimely knee injury didn’t help matters either).
—Mat Issa, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
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“Help matters.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/help%20matters. Accessed 27 Aug. 2025.
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