GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   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”.
   
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   sandbag (?), v. To treat harshly or unfairly. [wns=1]
   
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   2. To hit something or somebody with or as if with a sandbag. [wns=2]
   
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   3. To protect or strengthen with sandbags; stop up; as, “the residents sandbagged the beach front”. [wns=3]
   
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   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]
   
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   5. To intimidate or coerce, especially by crude methods. [Informal]
   
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   6. To deceive and take advantage of (a person) by misrepresenting one's true intentions. [Informal]
   
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   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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