blow (one's) chance

To ruin, mishandle, or fail to capitalize on an opportunity. I'm sorry, Bob, you blew your chance at a promotion when you decided to come in late to work each day this week. I blew my chances with Steve last night when I ordered the veal. How was I supposed to know he's a vegetarian?

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Cass	KAS	English
Ghadir	-	Arabic
Oral	-	English (Rare)
Roberta	rə-BUR-tə (English), ro-BER-tah (Italian, Spanish)	English, Italian, Spanish
Sascha	ZAH-shah	German
Shinju	sheen-joo	Japanese