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, Kansas City’s QB stopgap Gardner Minshew hurt his knee in Sunday’s loss to the Titans.
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Luca Evans, Denver Post, 25 Dec. 2025
To make matters worse for the Chiefs, backup quarterback Gardner Minshew also tore an ACL in the team’s last game.
—Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 24 Dec. 2025
And to make matters worse, the latest jobs report shows the affordability squeeze deepened last month.
—CNN Money, 18 Dec. 2025
And to make matters worse, Patrick Mahomes was injured in the final minutes of play.
—Emily Curiel, Kansas City Star, 14 Dec. 2025
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Luca Evans, Denver Post, 25 Dec. 2025
To make matters worse for the Chiefs, backup quarterback Gardner Minshew also tore an ACL in the team’s last game.
—Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 24 Dec. 2025
And to make matters worse, the latest jobs report shows the affordability squeeze deepened last month.
—CNN Money, 18 Dec. 2025
And to make matters worse, Patrick Mahomes was injured in the final minutes of play.
—Emily Curiel, Kansas City Star, 14 Dec. 2025
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“Make matters worse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/make%20matters%20worse. Accessed 1 Jan. 2026.
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