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queering someone's pitch

queering someone's pitch is the present participle and gerund 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 queering someone's pitch

What is queering someone's pitch the present participle and gerund of?
Queering someone's pitch is the present participle and gerund of queer someone's pitch.

Words near queering someone's pitch in the dictionary

  1. queerified
  2. queerifies
  3. queerify
  4. queerifying
  5. queering
  6. queering someone's pitch
  7. queering up
  8. queerings
  9. queerious
  10. queerish
  11. queerishly

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