queer someone's pitch

Meaning: (chieflyBritish,idiomatic,dated)To make a task more difficult for someone.1880,The Era Almanack‎[1]:"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 queeredwherever you go."2002,Nadine Gordimer,The Pickup, Bloomsbury, published2001,page45:—no question, global buffeting hasqueered our pitchfor growth in many ways, currency down-down, oil prices up-up—

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