Meaning of queer someone's pitch | Babel Free

Definitions

To make a task more difficult for someone.

British, dated, idiomatic

Examples

“"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."”

“—no question, global buffeting has queered our pitch for growth in many ways, currency down-down, oil prices up-up—”

CEFR level