A sudden change in regulations can queer someone's pitch just when they are least prepared.

Her unexpected question queered someone's pitch halfway through the presentation.

By queering someone's pitch in the final moments, she altered how the board perceived the proposal.

His habit of contradicting new ideas usually queers someone's pitch within the first ten minutes of the meeting.

Many readers today find old proverbs such as if there's grass on the pitch, play ball offensive and harmful.

He warned that missing the audit would bring a devil to pay and a no pitch hot down on the entire department.