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queered someone's pitch

queered someone's pitch is the simple past and past participle of queer someone's pitch.

Meaning of queer someone's pitch

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)

  1. (UK, dated, idiomatic) 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

Questions about queered someone's pitch

What is queered someone's pitch the simple past and past participle of?
Queered someone's pitch is the simple past and past participle of queer someone's pitch.

Words near queered someone's pitch in the dictionary

  1. queerdo
  2. queerdom
  3. queerdoms
  4. queerdos
  5. queered
  6. queered someone's pitch
  7. queered up
  8. queerer
  9. queerers
  10. queerest
  11. queerhood

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