queer pitch
1queer pitch — queer (someone s) pitch British & Australian to spoil someone s chances of doing something. She queered my pitch by asking for promotion before I did …
2queer someone's pitch — To spoil someone s chances • • • Main Entry: ↑queer * * * queer someone’s pitch british old fashioned phrase to spoil what someone is doing or planning to do Thesaurus: to stop someone doing somethingsynonym to kill a person or animal …
3queer — ► ADJECTIVE 1) strange; odd. 2) informal, derogatory (of a man) homosexual. 3) Brit. informal, dated slightly ill. ► NOUN informal, derogatory ▪ a homosexual man. ► VERB informal ▪ spoil or ruin …
4queer somebody's pitch — queer sb s ˈpitch | queer the ˈpitch (for sb) idiom (BrE, informal) to spoil sb s plans or their chances of getting sth Main entry: ↑queeridiom …
5queer the pitch (for somebody) — queer sb s ˈpitch | queer the ˈpitch (for sb) idiom (BrE, informal) to spoil sb s plans or their chances of getting sth Main entry: ↑queeridiom …
6queer someone's pitch — ► queer someone s pitch Brit. informal spoil someone s plans or chances of doing something. Main Entry: ↑queer …
7queer someone's pitch — queer (someone s) pitch British & Australian to spoil someone s chances of doing something. She queered my pitch by asking for promotion before I did …
8queer your pitch — If someone queers your pitch, they interfere in your affairs and spoil things …
9pitch — pitch1 W3 [pıtʃ] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(sports field)¦ 2¦(strong feelings/activity)¦ 3¦(music)¦ 4¦(persuading)¦ 5¦(baseball)¦ 6¦(black substance)¦ 7¦(ship/aircraft)¦ 8¦(slope)¦ 9¦(street/market)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Sense: 1 …
10pitch — 1 noun 1 SPORTS FIELD (C) BrE a specially marked out area of ground on which a sport is played; field 1 (4) AmE: The crowd invaded the pitch at the end of the match. | a cricket pitch 2 STRONG FEELINGS (singular, uncountable) the strength of your …
