sandbagging

A Home Depot nearby had sold out of sandbags by the morning, but Dom Brown bought his bags on Friday for $96 - and then promptly made a large profit, bringing new meaning to the word "sandbagging."

NYT > Home Page By LIZ ROBBINS 2011

Sales People are always trying to forecast a little less so they can carry forward some big deals and overchieve their targets and earn major commissions (so called sandbagging) - it is an annual game between sales and management.

Quick & Dirty!? 2008

I can recall sandbagging as a teenager here in Wichita, KS, but not in the snow and in the freezing cold. you may lose some possession's, but you'll never lose your self respect and community pride, and you will never lose the respect of the AMERICAN people.

Boston.com Most Popular 2009

I had quickly learned that calling a sandbagging defense attorney a scum sandwich on shit toast wasn't within the range of what Duncan Griffith defined as acceptable deputy DA behavior.

Missing Justice Burke, Alafair 2004

If this kind of sandbagging had existed in New Orleans, we could have kept the f'n levees from failing ....

McCain Ad: Obama Isn't There For The Troops Unless Cameras Are Around 2009

And how is it "sandbagging" to get a phone call on a call-in show?

Elizabeth Edwards Confronts Ann Coulter On Hardball 2009

Jeff asked Rev. Brett if he'd been "sandbagging" challenges, pretending to be a nothing, and then suddenly turning it on in this final push.

Tallulah Morehead: Survivor: Samoa Finale: A Confederacy of Douches. 2009

Sheiner went on to accuse President Obama of "sandbagging" the Congressman, setting him up for a failure in the House because the President doesn't have the votes.

Warren Goldstein: Local Politics: The Rich Get Richer 2009

As Frank wrote yesterday, it seems that shemust indeed have been deliberately "sandbagging," ie, playing dumb, in her interviews with Charlie Gibson & Katie Couric.

OpEdNews - Diary: Palin-Biden Debate Open Thread 2008

When Hillsman accused mainstream Democrats of "sandbagging" Lamont by holding off on information and aid — in essence, dithering over its commitment to the official party nominee — Davis became apoplectic and prosecutorial.

Scrap at Yale Highlights New Social Divide: Global Elites Vs. Populist Realists 2006