Friday, October 11, 2013

Lesson 110--to blow it


to blow it


 
He doesn't look happy.  I guess he blew it.

This expression means to fail, to not succeed, to miss an opportunity.

examples.

Although he knew the answer, he blew it by not answering quickly enough.
The baseball player blew it for his whole team when he struck out.
Daniel doesn't want to blow it with his new girlfriend, so he is taking it slow.
HIs coached warned him not to blow this perfect opportunity.

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