Chiefly figurative. to mar another's (also one's) market: to spoil another's or one's own trade. Cf. to queer the pitch at queer, v.2 2b. Obsolete.
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| 释义 | society > trade and finance > illegal or immoral trading > trade illegally or immorally [verb (intransitive)] > trade in sordid or petty manner > in a way to ruin or spoil business (2) to mar another's (also one's) market1529 Chiefly figurative. to mar another's (also one's) market: to spoil another's or one's own trade. Cf. to queer the pitch at queer, v.2 2b. Obsolete. to queer the pitch1846 transitive. to queer the pitch: (originally) to interfere with or spoil the business of a street vendor or performer (cf. pitch, n.2 17a); (later… |
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