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sandbagging
Variant of sandbag
noun
- a bag filled with sand and used for ballast, in military fortifications, for levee protection against floods, etc.
- ☆ a small, narrow bag filled with sand and used as a bludgeon
transitive verb sandbagged, sandbagging
- to place sandbags in or around
- ☆ to strike or stun with a sandbag
- ☆ Informal to force into doing something
- ☆ Slang to deceive (an opponent), as by deliberately playing poorly
Related Forms:
- sandbagger noun
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