🪣 A bag of sand 🕵️ To deceive 🥊 To attack unfairly 🏠 To protect with bags

to sandbag

1 4.2

To protect a place by placing bags of sand against it

verb
/ˈsændˌbæɡ/

: colocar sacos de arena

And finally, we, we, we get to our sandbagged concrete, sandbagged bunk for the next few hours before the gig that night.

And so we were sleeping right up against the dugout wall and we could sandbag our sleeping cots.

Examples

Emergency workers quickly sandbag the riverbank after heavy rains to avert flooding.
Do you really think the National Guard was created to "sandbag" during floods?

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And so we were sleeping right up against the dugout wall and we could sandbag our sleeping cots.

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At a storm tide of 10.5', water will likely pour into the Lower Manhattan subway system unless efforts to sandbag the entrances are successful.

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We need to sandbag the windows to prevent water from entering during the storm.
Residents decided to sandbag their homes in anticipation of the approaching hurricane.

How Protective

to fortify

39 6.2

to barricade

42 4.8

to sandbag

1 4.2

to shore up

30 5.4

to cover

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

sandbag infinitive

sandbagged past

sandbagged past participle

sandbagging present participle

sandbags third person singular

Etymology

Sandbag as a verb meaning to deceive or hold back is a helpful image: imagine someone keeping a 'sandbag'—a heavy secret—so they act weak on purpose and then win. That's why to sandbag someone is to hide your true skill or play down your ability to get an advantage.