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Sandbag
/sˈændbˌæg/
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Sandbag
verb
1.
Treat harshly or unfairly.
2.
Compel by coercion, threats, or crude means.
Synonyms:
dragoon
,
railroad
.
3.
Hit something or somebody as if with a sandbag.
Synonym:
stun
.
4.
Downplay one's ability (towards others) in a game in order to deceive, as in gambling.
5.
Protect or strengthen with sandbags; stop up.
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"Sandbag" Quotes from Famous Books
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(shelter) 666; camouflage &c (concealment) 530; fortification; munition, muniment^; trench, foxhole; bulwark, fosse^, moat, ditch, entrenchment, intrenchment^; kila^; dike, dyke; parapet, sunk fence, embankment, mound, mole, bank,
sandbag
, revetment; earth work, field- work; fence, wall dead wall, contravallation^; paling &c (inclosure) 232; palisade, haha, stockade, stoccado^, laager^, sangar^; barrier, barricade; boom; portcullis, chevaux de frise [Fr.]; abatis, abattis^, abbatis^;
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— Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases: Body • Roget
Words linked to "Sandbag" :
stun
,
force
,
squeeze
,
railroad
,
downplay
,
strengthen
,
minimise
,
minimize
,
dragoon
,
hit
,
understate
,
sandbagger
,
bag
,
misinform
,
pressure
,
coerce
,
wrong
,
mislead
,
hale
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