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/ˈsændˌbæɡ/ · noun
A sturdy sack filled with sand, generally used in large numbers to make defensive walls against flooding, bullets, or shrapnel..
Two young bruddas tryna eat off of music / But we used to eat off of pebs and the sandbags
We sandbagged the basement windows against the floodwaters.
The height “49 feet” became a mantra, as volunteers worked for weeks sandbagging and building to match that height.
Some felt that Roberts was sandbagging, because his mastery of the 250s wasn't really showing in practice or the heat.
The sandbagging manager is similarly deceptive. He has mastered the art of seeming harmless and without power, but in reality he carries far more authority and clout than one would be led to believe.
When playing against a wild man, try to be in a position to pick off his bluffs without too many players remaining behind you who can benefit from the action by sandbagging (passing on big hands and waiting for “sport” to whoop up the betting).
Accordingly, we may establish as our principle that the time to sandbag is when you have three of a kind or better, when there are at least five players to act after you, and when your hand is made up of low cards.
“Sandbagged” was used by George Bush in response to the charges of stiffing. “We feel we were sandbagged,” he said, repeating the slang verb used first by his New Hampshire campaign manager. Concurrently, Joe Scott wrote in his newsletter, “The Political Animal,” that Governor Jerry Brown was “sandbagging Kennedy's surge.”
Use sand bag when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Sand bag means A sturdy sack filled with sand, generally used in large numbers to make defensive walls against flooding, bullets, or shrapnel..
Common synonyms include downplay, stun.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Two young bruddas tryna eat off of music / But we used to eat off of pebs and the sandbags
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