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Sandbag   Listen
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



... during the remainder of the fighting in the trenches. I took off the wheels and put the guns on the carriages in emplacements, erecting a sandbag parapet in front as cover during the night of July 4th. The disabled gun was brought up and repaired, subsequently participating in the fighting. The dynamite gun, under Sergeant Borrowe, 1st Volunteer Cavalry, cooperated with the battery thus formed, and the ...
— The Gatlings at Santiago • John H. Parker

... be tolerably all right. A particularly massive policeman is on duty at my very doors. So much for our private lives. But what of the day-time? Suppose these sandbag-specialists drop in at the office during business hours. Will Comrade Maloney's frank and manly statement that we are not in be sufficient to keep them out? I doubt it. All unused to the nice conventions ...
— Psmith, Journalist • Pelham Grenville Wodehouse



Words linked to "Sandbag" :   hit, sandbagger, downplay, minimize, strengthen, railroad, pressure, bag, dragoon, hale, mislead, stun



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