Words / S / Business

sandbag

verb/ˈsændbæɡ/

B2CEFR level
55/100Rarity: uncommon
TechnicalRegister

To deliberately understate targets so they are easy to beat.

Sales always sandbags the forecast so they can look like heroes in the fourth quarter.

Similar: lowball

Topic: Strategy in Business English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

Get words like sandbag on your lock screen, a few a day, with review that makes them stick.

Download on the App Store Lexfall puts a new word on your home and lock screen through widgets, so you learn without opening an app. Free to download. After a free trial, a subscription unlocks every field. Built for iPhone, iOS 15.1 or later.
QR code that opens Lexfall on the App Store
On a computer?Scan with your iPhone camera.

More business words: Strategy