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sandbag verb

  /ˈsændˌbæɡ/
  • (figurative, intransitive, originally, US) To conceal or misrepresent one's true position, potential, or intent in order to gain an advantage; (originally, poker) to pretend to have a weak hand, as a strategy.
 hämätä
  • (transitive, intransitive) To construct a barrier of sandbags (around).
 muurata hiekkasäkeillä
  • To pretend to drink alcohol early on so that, as the night draws on, one can drink everybody else "under the table".
 teeskennellä juovansa
  • (transitive) To strike someone with a sandbag or other object to disable or render unconscious.
 tyrmätä hiekkasäkillä

sandbag noun

  /ˈsændˌbæɡ/
  • A small bag filled with sand and used as a cudgel.
 hiekkasäkki
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