Sandbagging

Quick meaning: Sandbagging is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of sandbag.

Meaning

present participle and gerund of sandbag.

More Meanings

1. The act or process of filling and laying sandbags, such as before a storm in anticipation of flooding.
2. The striking of a person with a sandbag or other heavy object.
3. (figurative) Hiding the full strength, skill, or difficulty of something or someone early in an engagement, in order to gain an advantage.
4. (restaurant kitchen jargon) Serving premade food, such as precooked appetizers that need only reheating.
5. (law, M&A) The act of bringing a claim for breach of a covenant or misrepresentation even though the person bringing the claim knew about the issue before closing the transaction and did it anyway.

Example Sentences

In the United States, sandbagging is a matter of state law, and the state laws are inconsistent on the matter.

FIDE has slapped a former Chinese chess prodigy, Li Haoyu, with a ban for what the global governing body of chess termed “sandbagging at chess competitions” in a report published on their website ….

We've seen such games as Sandbagging (managers knowingly lowball sales forecasts as a negotiating ploy) spread with surprising speed, because when the game appears to “work” for one manager, others follow suit[…]

Sandbagging takes place when workers do not notify the manager as soon as they complete their assigned tasks. Sandbagging can take place especially when there is a perception that reporting an early task completion will result in a corresponding reduction in the time allowed for that task the next time it has to be performed.

Word Forms

• sandbaggings

Related Words

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