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Sandbag

verb

Treat harshly or unfairly.

Compel by coercion, threats, or crude means. Synonyms: dragoon, railroad.

Hit something or somebody as if with a sandbag. Synonym: stun.

Downplay one's ability (towards others) in a game in order to deceive, as in gambling.

Protect or strengthen with sandbags; stop up.

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"Sandbag" Quotes from Famous Books

... river on the north side the Boers had constructed, with their wonted cunning, long sandbag trenches and various complicated breastworks, which afforded them splendid cover. The line extended over some five miles, and they were discovered to be posted on both sides of the water. Where the stream of the Riet joins the Modder there is a ...

— South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) - From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, - 15th Dec. 1899 • Louis Creswicke

... making solid behind. But behold I find a jumble of beams. I'd lit on an old trench, caved in, 'vidently; half caved in—there was some space and room. In the middle of those stumps of wood all mixed together that I was lifting away one by one from in front of me, there was something like a big sandbag in height, upright, and something on the top ...

— Under Fire - The Story of a Squad • Henri Barbusse

... so occupied that he had not noticed Bathurst, who had suddenly risen to his feet, and just as Wilson was about to grasp him and pull him down, leaped over the sandbag in front of him down among the mutineers. The Major gave a swing to the canister, of which the fuse was already lighted, and hurled it through the breach among the crowd, who, ignorant of what was going on inside, were still ...

— Rujub, the Juggler • G. A. Henty

Words linked to "Sandbag" : mislead, wrong, hit, downplay, hale, strengthen, force, understate, coerce, minimize, misinform, sandbagger, pressure, minimise, bag, squeeze