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English noun: sandbag | |||
| 1. | sandbag (artifact) a bag filled with sand; used as a weapon or to build walls or as ballast | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | bag | ||
English verb: sandbag | |||
| 1. | sandbag (social) treat harshly or unfairly | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | wrong | ||
| 2. | sandbag (social) compel by coercion, threats, or crude means | ||
| Samples | They sandbagged him to make dinner for everyone. | ||
| Synonyms | dragoon, railroad | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | coerce, force, hale, pressure, squeeze | ||
| 3. | sandbag (contact) hit something or somebody as if with a sandbag | ||
| Synonyms | stun | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | hit | ||
| 4. | sandbag (communication) downplay one's ability (towards others) in a game in order to deceive, as in gambling | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | misinform, mislead | ||
| Entail | downplay, minimise, minimize, understate | ||
| 5. | sandbag (change) protect or strengthen with sandbags; stop up | ||
| Samples | The residents sandbagged the beach front. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | strengthen | ||
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