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sandbag
[ sand-bag ]
verb (used with object)
- to furnish with sandbags.
- to hit or stun with a sandbag.
- Informal.
- to set upon violently; attack from or as if from ambush.
- to coerce or intimidate, as by threats:
The election committee was sandbagged into nominating the officers for a second term.
- to thwart or cause to fail or be rejected, especially surreptitiously or without warning:
He sandbagged our proposal with his snide remarks to the boss.
- Poker. to deceive (one or more opponents) into remaining in the pot by refraining from betting on a strong hand, then raising the bet in a later round.
- Informal. to gain an advantage over (one or more competitors) by concealing one's abilities or other strengths early in a game or other competitive activity.
- Informal. to gain an advantage by concealing or downplaying the strengths of (something):
companies that sandbag their earnings estimates and then easily beat them to make everyone happy.
verb (used without object)
- Poker. to sandbag one or more opponents.
- Informal. to sandbag an opponent or competitor:
guys that sandbag and fall back a little in the first race to get a better starting spot in the second.
sandbag
/ ˈsændˌbæɡ /
noun
- a sack filled with sand used for protection against gunfire, floodwater, etc, or as ballast in a balloon, ship, etc
- a bag filled with sand and used as a weapon
verb
- to protect or strengthen with sandbags
- to hit with or as if with a sandbag
- finance to obstruct (an unwelcome takeover bid) by prolonging talks in the hope that an acceptable bidder will come forward
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Derived Forms
- ˈsandˌbagger, noun
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- sandbagger noun
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Example Sentences
One strip, Foolish Grandpa and Sour Henry, shows Grandpa being hit on the head by a sandbag and blown up by dynamite.
A couple more peer through spy holes in the sandbag barricades that line the perimeter.
Factors ranging from the sequester to the ongoing crisis in Europe have the capacity to sandbag the economic expansion.
Did Google just sandbag its rivals in the smartphone market?
From a sandbag protection at one corner of the cemetery there is a view on all sides to the horizon.
And he fetches a small sandbag and gives it to the stretcher-bearer.
One of them struck at him, while another attempted to sandbag him from behind.
This leap saved him from being stretched unconscious by the sandbag.
The man slid his rifle-barrel over a sandbag, raised his head and took hasty aim, fired, and ducked quickly down again.
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