sandbag

Everyday

1. A sandbag is a bag filled with sand, used to build walls against floods or to make barriers. tree →
2. To sandbag a place is to protect it with sandbags. tree →
3. (informal, sport and games) To sandbag is to pretend to be weaker than you are so you can win later. tree →

In the lessons

In safety and news: before floods, people put sandbags in front of doors. In maths: counting and weighing sandbags. In games, sandbagging is a sneaky trick. Phrases: «fill sandbags», «a wall of sandbags».

Examples

• Volunteers filled sandbags before the flood. tree →
• We piled sandbags against the door. tree →
• Each sandbag weighs 15 kg; 10 sandbags weigh 150 kg. tree →
• Soldiers sheltered behind a wall of sandbags. tree →
• The town was sandbagged against the rising river. tree →
• Stop sandbagging — I know you can run faster! tree →

Note

Double g in the verb: sandbagged, sandbagging. One word.