sandbag

1. (intransitive, transitive)To construct a barrier of sandbags (around).

   We sandbagged the basement windows against the floodwaters.

2. (transitive)To strike (someone) with a sandbag or other object to disable or render unconscious.

3. (figuratively, intransitive)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.

   tiefstapeln

4. (figuratively, transitive)To blindside; to deceive; to undermine.

   überrumpeln

5. (intransitive, transitive)To premake dishes (prepare them in advance) (intransitive); to premake (dishes) (transitive).

6. To pretend to drink alcohol early on so that, as the night draws on, one can drink everybody else "under the table".

1. The soldiers filled the sandbags with sand.

   ruСолдаты наполнили мешки песком. — Karok

   deDie Soldaten füllten die Sandsäcke mit Sand. — raggione

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2. What are these sandbags used for?

   ruЗачем нужны эти мешки с песком? — marafon

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3. Three sandbags have fallen out of the truck and spread on the road.

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4. Sandbags can be used to erect a temporary wall to protect against floods.

   ruМешки с песком могут использоваться для возведения временных укреплений для защиты при наводнениях. — Karok

   deSandsäcke kann man verwenden, um eine provisorische Mauer zum Schutz gegen Hochwasser zu errichten. — raggione

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5. They made the sandbags heavier.

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