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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



... every—but I will not be cynical. Their aims were very clear and defined. Joe was to become capable very soon of turning out pictures that old gentlemen with thin side-whiskers and thick pocketbooks would sandbag one another in his studio for the privilege of buying. Delia was to become familiar and then contemptuous with Music, so that when she saw the orchestra seats and boxes unsold she could have sore throat ...
— The Four Million • O. Henry



Words linked to "Sandbag" :   understate, sandbagger, misinform, dragoon, bag, downplay, minimise, hale, minimize, wrong



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