Sandbagging
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Sandbagging may refer to:
- Deceiving someone by pretending to be weak.
- Sandbagging (racing), a driver deliberately drag races or qualifies slower than what the car can actually perform
- Sandbagging (budgeting), a manager deliberately overstates financial requirements with the intent of coming in under-budget, thus being praised.
- Sandbagging (golfing), a player deliberately plays poorly until establishing a handicap and then raises his money bets, using the established handicap to unfairly win
- Sandbagging (climbing), a climber describes a route as being easier than it actually is
- Sandbagging (chess, Go, billiards or other such games), a player deliberately lowers his competitive rating, in order to play in a future event with a lower rating and consequently have a better chance to win.
- Slow play (poker), deceptive play in poker
- Sandbagging (fantasy sports), a manager intentionally talks down certain players to trade at a discounted "price".
- Creation of temporary flood protection using sandbags