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someone's chances — someone’s chances phrase the degree to which someone is likely to achieve something If I wanted to get a job in advertising, what do you think my chances would be? someone’s chances of (doing) something: What are their chances of taking the… … Useful english dictionary
spoil someone's chances — spoil someone’s chances phrase to make it impossible for someone to achieve something that they could have achieved fairly easily A shoulder injury spoiled his chances of victory in the finals. Thesaurus: to stop someone doing somethingsynonym to … Useful english dictionary
spoil someone's chances — to make it impossible for someone to achieve something that they could have achieved fairly easily A shoulder injury spoiled his chances of victory in the finals … English dictionary
queer someone's pitch — To spoil someone s chances • • • Main Entry: ↑queer * * * queer someone’s pitch british old fashioned phrase to spoil what someone is doing or planning to do Thesaurus: to stop someone doing somethingsynonym to kill a person or animal … Useful english dictionary
queer someone's pitch — queer (someone s) pitch British & Australian to spoil someone s chances of doing something. She queered my pitch by asking for promotion before I did … New idioms dictionary
cook someone's goose — idi+inf cook someone s goose, Informal. to ruin someone s chances or future … From formal English to slang
come someone's way — To come within someone s experience or reach, to become attainable by someone • • • Main Entry: ↑way * * * come someone’s way phrase if something comes your way, it happens to you, or it becomes available Several chances came our way but we… … Useful english dictionary
put away (someone) — 1. to remove a criminal or mentally ill person from society. You have to put away the people who are so crazy that they are a danger to the rest of us. 2. to defeat someone. The Devils still have two more chances to put away the Flyers this… … New idioms dictionary
queer someone's pitch — ► queer someone s pitch Brit. informal spoil someone s plans or chances of doing something. Main Entry: ↑queer … English terms dictionary
queer someone's pitch — Brit. spoil someone s plans or chances of doing something. → queer … English new terms dictionary
