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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Experts weren’t so sure Weldon — who has previously questioned vaccine safety — would do much to help matters there.
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Erika Edwards, NBC News, 12 Mar. 2025
Dialing back the merchandise assortment last year didn’t help matters much, with scores remaining about the same.
—Megan Poinski, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
Jones’ publicly stated desire to bail on this interminable Blackhawks rebuild — no matter how reasonable, no matter how maturely handled — isn’t going to help matters.
—Mark Lazerus, The Athletic, 23 Feb. 2025
The characters’ slippery momentum doesn’t help matters much, either.
—Mitch Wallace, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
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Erika Edwards, NBC News, 12 Mar. 2025
Dialing back the merchandise assortment last year didn’t help matters much, with scores remaining about the same.
—Megan Poinski, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
Jones’ publicly stated desire to bail on this interminable Blackhawks rebuild — no matter how reasonable, no matter how maturely handled — isn’t going to help matters.
—Mark Lazerus, The Athletic, 23 Feb. 2025
The characters’ slippery momentum doesn’t help matters much, either.
—Mitch Wallace, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
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“Help matters.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/help%20matters. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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