To Queer Someone's Pitch:
To confuse someone's plans, to undermine someone, to put a spanner in the works.
Examples:
The smoke and fumes of 'blue fire' which had been used to illuminate the fight came up through the chinks of the stage, fit to choke a dozen Macbeths, and — pardon the little bit of professional slang — poor Jamie's 'pitch' was 'queered' with a vengeance
Nanty coming it on a pall, or wid cracking to queer a pitch.
He queered my pitch by asking for promotion before I did.
Meaning from Literary English:
Queer [kwiə]:
Strange, peculiar, odd, eccentric.
Suspicious, questionable, not quite honest, false, forged.
Unwell, indisposed.
Crazy, mad.
To ruin, to thwart (plans, effect, etc.)
Am. To put in an awkward position
Sl. Drunk.
Sl. Homosexual.
Sl. A homosexual.
Pitch [pitʃ]:
Pitch, tar, bitumen.
Rosin.
To cover with tar/bitumen, to coat with pitch.
To pitch (a tent), to set up (camp), to establish (camp).
To place, to set, to put, to erect, to drive in (cricket wickets, etc.).
To pave, to cover with cobblestones.
To throw, to fling, to toss, to cast, sports to pitch.
To fall heavily, to bump.
Mar. To rock lengthwise.
To sway evenly (for a car, airplane).
Mus. To give a fundamental tone to, to tune.
To determine, to set at a certain pitch.
Sl. To tell.
To determine the trump (in cards).
Tech. To engage, to mesh.
To descend, to slope (for terrain).
Am. To sell / To advertise energetically.
Pitch, tone (of sound, etc.).
Degree, level.
Sports Pitch, throw, toss.
Mar. Lengthwise rocking, swaying.
Regular / usual place (of a street vendor, beggar, etc.).
Cricket part of the playing field between wickets.
Playing field (for hockey, football, etc.).
Slope, descent, angle of inclination.
Tech. Pitch (of a thread, etc.), module.
Am. Sales pitch.
A card game in which the first card played becomes the trump.
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