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sandbag

2 verb
     
sandbag2 past tense and past participle sandbagged, present participle sandbagging
1 [intransitive and transitive] to put sandbags around a building in order to protect it from a flood or explosion
2 [transitive] to treat someone unfairly in order to prevent them from doing something or being successful
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