"blow one's chance" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: en-au-blow one's chance.ogg Forms: blows one's chance [present, singular, third-person], blowing one's chance [participle, present], blew one's chance [past], blown one's chance [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|blow<,,blew,blown> one's chance}} 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. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-blow_one's_chance-en-verb-Wf0tJUyK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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