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Meanings of sandbag in anglès

espanyol
pasmar

Hit something or somebody as if with a sandbag.

        pasmar
        portuguès
        saco de areia
        espanyol
        saco terrero

        Device commonly used in flood control and temporary military fortifications.

              saco de areia

              Compel by coercion, threats, or crude means.

                    Synonyms
                    Examples for "railroad"
                    Examples for "railroad"
                    1
                    The first railroad in China was built by British promoters in 1876.
                    New Forces in Old China: An Inevitable Awakening
                    2
                    However, its railroad and utility products segment saw sales fall 21 percent.
                    Reuters
                    3
                    In the railroad trains in both England and France appears the following:-
                    A Journey Through France in War Time
                    4
                    The area is a great mesh of railroad lines, criss-crossing the roads.
                    The Guardian
                    5
                    Problems with the first Acela trains were legendary in the railroad industry.
                    Reuters
                    1
                    One dragoon advanced and was struck off his horse by the bayonet.
                    A Sketch of the Life of Brig. Gen. Francis Marion and a History ...
                    2
                    A dragoon rushed upon him, and was stricken down by the bayonet.
                    The Life of Francis Marion
                    3
                    No one would molest La Croissette the needle-seller, not even a dragoon.
                    Jacques Bonneval; Or, The Days of the Dragonnades
                    4
                    At this sight a British dragoon darted forward to cut him down.
                    The Life of Francis Marion
                    5
                    He had proceeded to dragoon Gard as if he were a lad.
                    Villa Elsa / A Story of German Family Life
                    Usage of sandbag in anglès
                    1
                    Fred Grainger watched the national guardsman place the last sandbag on Hoover-Two.
                    Wet desert: tracking down a terrorist on the colorado river
                    2
                    The community has also erected sandbag walls to protect itself from landslides.
                    The South African
                    3
                    The phrase fell on the apprentice like a sandbag, and he vanished.
                    Clayhanger
                    4
                    Our line runs across this Crucifix Valley in a strong sandbag barricade.
                    The Old Front Line
                    5
                    His sudden misfortune had been like the stunning blow of a sandbag.
                    The Mountebank
                    6
                    A sandbag barricade with four sentries blocked the entrance to Ketkar's office.
                    Earth Unaware
                    7
                    Make a woman self-conscious, and her soul is barren as a sandbag.
                    Fantasia of the Unconscious
                    8
                    You'd think dad was trying to sandbag them or something like that.
                    Boy Scouts of the Air on Lost Island
                    9
                    He went down like a sandbag, and I dropped the hammer, gagging.
                    Bag of Bones
                    10
                    There was barricade for barricade, loophole for loophole, and sandbag for sandbag.
                    Indiscreet Letters From Peking / Being the Notes of an Eye-Witne...
                    11
                    Sawako is as tough as a sandbag, but sandbags don't punch back.
                    Reuters
                    12
                    I bet Long Jack, the poacher, is waiting there with a sandbag.
                    Mike and Psmith
                    13
                    The sandbagging group was given standardized instructions on how to sandbag without detection.
                    Pubmed
                    14
                    Some of my best onsights have happened thanks to a sandbag.
                    Climbing Magazine
                    15
                    I figured the best chance of success was to sandbag you.
                    The unincorporated man
                    16
                    Somebody left a sandbag balanced in the wrong place or a rope broke.
                    Tell me, pretty maiden
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                    Translations for sandbag
                    portuguès
                    saco de areia
                    Sandbag through the time
                    Sandbag across language varieties
                    United States of America
                    Common
                    United Kingdom
                    Common