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sandbag

Definition

  • noun: a bag filled with sand and used as a weight or to build temporary walls, dams, etc.
  • noun: a bag filled with sand and used in fortifications, as ballast, or as a weapon
  • verb: to put sandbags around, on, or in (something)
  • verb: to bank, stop up, or weight with 'sandbags'
  • usually used figuratively to describe treating or criticizing someone unfairly

Examples

  • He claimed he was playing badly because of an injury, but I think he was 'sandbagging'.

  • They 'sandbagged' (the area around) the house to protect it from the flood.

  • He would have won the election but he got 'sandbagged' by the media.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Yeah, I'll blow the hole in your face and then I'll go in a house. And I'll sleep like a baby You can count on that. We used to stack fucks like you five feet high in Korea, used you for sandbags. Ok. You better watch your back... Thank you. Get off my lawn. What the hell is this? Stay right there. (..)
    2008 Gran Torino