sandbag

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

a bag filled with sand;
used as a weapon or to build walls or as ballast
• Hypernyms:
bag

II - verb

1. treat harshly or unfairly
• Hypernyms:
wrong
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
2. compel by coercion, threats, or crude means
- They sandbagged him to make dinner for everyone
• Syn:
dragoon, railroad
• Hypernyms:
coerce, hale, squeeze, pressure, force
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
3. hit something or somebody as if with a sandbag
• Syn:
stun
• Hypernyms:
hit
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
4. downplay one's ability (towards others) in a game in order to deceive, as in gambling
• Derivationally related forms:
sandbagger
• Hypernyms:
misinform, mislead
• Entailment:
understate, minimize, minimise, downplay
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
5. protect or strengthen with sandbags;
stop up
- The residents sandbagged the beach front
• Hypernyms:
strengthen
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  stun, dragoon, railroad