"queer up" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: queers up [present, singular, third-person], queering up [participle, present], queered up [participle, past], queered up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} queer up (third-person singular simple present queers up, present participle queering up, simple past and past participle queered up)
  1. (transitive, informal) to ruin, mess up. Tags: informal, transitive Related terms: queer it up, queer someone's pitch

Inflected forms

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