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blew one's chance

blew one's chance is the simple past of blow one's chance.

Meaning of blow one's chance

Verb

blow one's chance (third-person singular simple present blows one's chance, present participle blowing one's chance, simple past blew one's chance, past participle blown one's chance)

  1. (idiomatic) To ruin, or fail to capitalise on an opportunity.

Questions about blew one's chance

What is blew one's chance the simple past of?
Blew one's chance is the simple past of blow one's chance.

Words near blew one's chance in the dictionary

  1. blew it out one's ass
  2. blew off
  3. blew off course
  4. blew off one's steam
  5. blew off steam
  6. blew one's chance
  7. blew one's cool
  8. blew one's lid
  9. blew one's load
  10. blew one's nose
  11. blew one's own trumpet

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