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 would probably help matters, but only to a point. Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 2025 Her heavy consumption of alcohol didn’t help matters. Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025 Of course, Lisa’s unhinged social-media behavior and habit of (allegedly) leaking upcoming story lines to Bravo fan accounts didn’t help matters, nor did the arrival of lip-licker extraordinaire Diana Jenkins, one of the all-time worst Housewives. Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 29 Jan. 2025 The film’s self-consciously campy tone don’t help matters much. Vikram Murthi, IndieWire, 25 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for help matters

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“Help matters.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/help%20matters. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.

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