Meaning & use
Sandbagged
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Deceived or coerced someone, often by concealing one's true strength, intentions, or position.
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The negotiators felt sandbagged when the other side revealed hidden terms at the last minute.
He sandbagged his opponents in the early rounds, then played his best game when it counted.
A note on using this word
Originally meant literally to reinforce or block with sandbags; the figurative sense of deliberately misleading or underperforming for advantage arose in 20th-century American slang.
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2. verb
Protected or reinforced with bags filled with sand.
Volunteers sandbagged the riverbank ahead of the flood.
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