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Sandbag   /sˈændbˌæg/   Listen
noun
sandbag  n.  A bag filled with sand; small sandbags may be used as a weapon, or larger ones to build walls or as ballast; as, they kept the flooding river from the area by buiding a temmporary dike out of sandbags.



verb
sandbag  v.  
1.
To treat harshly or unfairly.
2.
To hit something or somebody with or as if with a sandbag.
3.
To protect or strengthen with sandbags; stop up; as, the residents sandbagged the beach front.
4.
To thwart (another person's plans) by surreptitious maneuvers; as, he sandbagged my proposal by talking in private with other members of the committee. (informal)
5.
To intimidate or coerce, especially by crude methods. (Informal)
6.
To deceive and take advantage of (a person) by misrepresenting one's true intentions. (Informal)
7.
Hence: (Poker) To encourage opponents into betting more by first refraining from betting while having a strong hand, and only later raising the stakes. In informal games, certain types of sandbagging are forbidden.






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"Sandbag" Quotes from Famous Books



... 60 without regard to sacrificing his men. Sir John French was just as determined to hold the hill. So he moved large numbers of troops toward the shattered mound, the British artillery was reenforced, and the hastily constructed sandbag breastworks were ...
— The Story of the Great War, Volume V (of 12) - Neuve Chapelle, Battle of Ypres, Przemysl, Mazurian Lakes • Francis J. Reynolds, Allen L. Churchill, and Francis Trevelyan



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