esconder o jogo — meaning in English
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English meaning
- sandbag noun A sturdy bag filled with sand, used to build barriers against flooding or as protection from bullets and debris.
Senses
esconder o jogo is used for these senses in English:
- sandbag (figurative, intransitive, originally, US) 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.
sandbag — full definition
- noun A sturdy bag filled with sand, used to build barriers against flooding or as protection from bullets and debris.
- verb To deliberately understate one's strength, ability, or intentions in order to gain an advantage.
- verb To build a barrier of sandbags around something.