queer someone's pitch
queer someone's pitch verb: to make a task more difficult for someone.
Verb
queer someone's pitch (third-person singular simple present queers someone's pitch, present participle queering someone's pitch, simple past and past participle queered someone's pitch)
- To make a task more difficult for someone.
- "Oh, the Mayor's coming, is he?"
"Yes, but he's very little good. Mayors don't draw as they used; nothing don't draw as it used. The game is pretty well up. What with amateur dramatics, choral unions, and local talent of all sorts, your pitch is queered wherever you go."1880, The Era Almanack - —no question, global buffeting has queered our pitch for growth in many ways, currency down-down, oil prices up-up—2002, Nadine Gordimer, The Pickup, Bloomsbury, published 2001, page 45
- "Oh, the Mayor's coming, is he?"
Forms of queer someone's pitch
| third-person singular present | queers someone's pitch |
|---|---|
| present participle | queering someone's pitch |
| past participle | queered someone's pitch |
| past | queered someone's pitch |
Questions about queer someone's pitch
- What does queer someone's pitch mean?
- Queer someone's pitch means to make a task more difficult for someone.
- What part of speech is queer someone's pitch?
- Queer someone's pitch is a verb.
- What is the past tense of queer someone's pitch?
- The past tense of queer someone's pitch is queered someone's pitch.
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