make matters worse
idiom
: to make a situation worse
He laughed at her and then, to make matters worse, he accused her of lying!
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To make matters worse, Facundo Buonanotte, signed from Brighton on loan mainly to provide cover for Palmer, was not in the matchday squad.
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Simon Johnson, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2025
To make matters worse, the Bureau of Labor Statistics revised down job growth from April 2024 to March 2025 by 911,000 jobs, the largest downward revision on record.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Sep. 2025
To make matters worse, those setbacks occurred within a two-month window.
—Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 21 Sep. 2025
The online media ecosystem of anything-goes-if-it-gets-clicks will only make matters worse.
—Time, 20 Sep. 2025
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Simon Johnson, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2025
To make matters worse, the Bureau of Labor Statistics revised down job growth from April 2024 to March 2025 by 911,000 jobs, the largest downward revision on record.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Sep. 2025
To make matters worse, those setbacks occurred within a two-month window.
—Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 21 Sep. 2025
The online media ecosystem of anything-goes-if-it-gets-clicks will only make matters worse.
—Time, 20 Sep. 2025
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“Make matters worse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/make%20matters%20worse. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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