blow it
Fail when favored
To blow it is to fail through one's own mistake or carelessness—to ruin an opportunity or botch something that should have succeeded: I had a chance to impress her and I completely blew it.
The phrase implies the failure was avoidable, often at a crucial moment: We were winning until the last quarter, then we blew it.
- mess upDo badly, err
- make a mistakeAct incorrectly or poorly
- drop the ballFail at a critical moment
- screw upMake a mistake badly
- botchSpoil through incompetence
bungle · foul up · miss the mark · flub · bomb · fail miserably · regret · blunder · goof up · choke · misstep · slip-up · go wrong · tank · fall flat · flop · fumble · crumble
success vs. failure in performance or opportunity
blow itnail it
Succeed perfectly at something
ace it · succeed · pull it off · come through · deliver