Idiom
queer someone's pitch
Meaning
To make a task more difficult for someone.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Please do not queer my pitch while I am working.”
“I was about to close the big deal, but my coworker arrived and queered my pitch by mentioning the price increase.”
“The rival candidate queered his pitch by leaking confidential information to the press just hours before the final debate began.”
Examples
simple
“Please do not queer my pitch while I am working.”
contextual
“I was about to close the big deal, but my coworker arrived and queered my pitch by mentioning the price increase.”
complex
“The rival candidate queered his pitch by leaking confidential information to the press just hours before the final debate began.”
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