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blow one's chance

blow one's chance verb: to ruin, or fail to capitalise on an opportunity.

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.

Forms of blow one's chance

third-person singular presentblows one's chance
present participleblowing one's chance
pastblew one's chance
past participleblown one's chance

Questions about blow one's chance

What does blow one's chance mean?
Blow one's chance means to ruin, or fail to capitalise on an opportunity.
What part of speech is blow one's chance?
Blow one's chance is a verb.
What is the past tense of blow one's chance?
The past tense of blow one's chance is blew one's chance.

Words near blow one's chance in the dictionary

  1. blow off
  2. blow off course
  3. blow off one's steam
  4. blow off steam
  5. blow on
  6. blow one's chance
  7. blow one's cool
  8. blow one's cork
  9. blow one's lid
  10. blow one's load
  11. blow one's nose

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