Usually means: Deliberately underperforming to gain advantage.
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We found 15 dictionaries that define the word sandbagging:

General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. sandbagging: Merriam-Webster
  2. sandbagging: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. sandbagging: Collins English Dictionary
  4. sandbagging: Vocabulary.com
  5. Sandbagging, sandbagging: Wordnik
  6. sandbagging: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. sandbagging: Wiktionary
  8. sandbagging: Dictionary.com
  9. Sandbagging (grappling), Sandbagging (law), Sandbagging (racing), Sandbagging: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. sandbagging: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. sandbagging: Webster's New World Law Dictionary
  2. sandbagging: Financial dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. sandbagging: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. sandbagging: Urban Dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Texas Hold'em Dictionary (No longer online)

(Note: See sandbag as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (sandbagging)

noun:  The striking of a person with a sandbag or other heavy object.
noun:  (figurative) Hiding the full strength, skill, or difficulty of something or someone early in an engagement, in order to gain an advantage.
noun:  (law, M&A) The act of bringing a claim for breach of a covenant or misrepresentation even though the person bringing the claim knew about the issue before closing the transaction and did it anyway.

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