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blown one's chance

blown one's chance is the past participle 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 blown one's chance

What is blown one's chance the past participle of?
Blown one's chance is the past participle of blow one's chance.

Words near blown one's chance in the dictionary

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

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