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sand⋅bag

  [sand-bag] noun, verb, -bagged, -bag⋅ging.
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–noun
1. a bag filled with sand, used in fortification, as ballast, etc.
2. such a bag used as a weapon.
–verb (used with object)
3. to furnish with sandbags.
4. to hit or stun with a sandbag.
5. Informal.
a. to set upon violently; attack from or as if from ambush.
b. to coerce or intimidate, as by threats: The election committee was sandbagged into nominating the officers for a second term.
c. to thwart or cause to fail or be rejected, esp. surreptitiously or without warning: He sandbagged our proposal by snide remarks to the boss.
6. 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.
–verb (used without object)
7. Poker. to sandbag one or more opponents.
Origin:
1580–90; sand + bag

Related forms:
sandbagger, noun
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sand·bag   (sānd'bāg')   
n.  A bag filled with sand and used as ballast, in the formation of protective walls, or as a weapon.
v.   sand·bagged, sand·bag·ging, sand·bags

v.   tr.
  1. To put sandbags in or around.
  2. To hit with a sandbag.
  3. Slang
    1. To treat severely or unjustly.
    2. To force by crude means; coerce: sandbagged us into cleaning up their mess.
    3. To downplay or misrepresent one's ability in a game or activity in order to deceive (someone), especially in gambling: sandbagged the pool player by playing poorly in the first game when stakes were low.
v.   intr. Slang
To downplay or misrepresent one's ability in order to deceive someone, especially in gambling.
sand'bag'ger n.
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sandbag  (n.)
1590, from sand + bag. The verb sense of "pretend weakness" is 1970s, extended from poker-playing sense of "refrain from raising at the first opportunity in hopes of raising more steeply later" (1940), which perhaps is from sandbagger in the sense of "bully or ruffian who uses a sandbag as a weapon to knock his intended victim unconscious" (1882).
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Sandbag

A stalling tactic used by management to deter a company that is showing interest in taking them over.

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The company stalls in hopes that a more favorable company will take them over.

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See also: Lobster Trap, Takeover, White Knight

Also spelled: sandbagging, sandbags, sandbagger

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sandbag

An action taken by a company to stall an anticipated takeover attempt.

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