Timeline for Word or phrase which means purposely playing below your skill level?
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| Jul 13, 2022 at 8:58 | answer | added | Anton | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jan 9, 2022 at 21:03 | history | reopened |
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| Jan 9, 2022 at 18:02 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | @0.. How many 'sandbagging' / 'pull one's punches' [/ 'hustle', or maybe not] pages do we want on ELU? | |
| Jan 8, 2022 at 16:40 | comment | added | ermanen | If another question has some of the same answers, it doesn't automatically make it a duplicate. The question "word or term for letting someone else have a chance to win" is asking something different but has some similarities. This question is much more detailed, is nuanced and provides examples sentences. The other question has no details at all. | |
| Jan 8, 2022 at 14:03 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | It has virtually all the answers given here, for either motivation. And 'word or term for letting someone else have a chance to win' covers any motivation. // 'I think context is key here. A subtle shift in context can change the word that best fits. ... In the context of friendship or friendly competition, ... . But in a different context, it could be called hustling where you, as a skilled player, allow the opponent a win in hope of lulling them into a sense of superiority so you can 'double or nothing' the bet as a scam. ...' [And in a betting scam ...] DA. | |
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| Jan 8, 2022 at 12:01 | history | closed | Edwin Ashworth single-word-requests Users with the single-word-requests badge or a synonym can single-handedly close single-word-requests questions as duplicates and reopen them as needed. | Duplicate of word or term for letting someone else have a chance to win | |
| Jan 8, 2022 at 7:37 | comment | added | hb20007 | Resharing this link: english.stackexchange.com/questions/260982/… It's not a duplicate because my question also explicitly asks about positive/negative connotations of the expressions, but it does have some useful expressions. | |
| Jan 8, 2022 at 7:35 | answer | added | user405662 | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jan 8, 2022 at 4:05 | history | became hot network question | |||
| Jan 8, 2022 at 3:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackEnglish/status/1479649058327302144 | ||
| S Jan 8, 2022 at 0:19 | review | Reopen votes | |||
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| S Jan 8, 2022 at 0:19 | history | reopened | ermanen single-word-requests Users with the single-word-requests badge or a synonym can single-handedly close single-word-requests questions as duplicates and reopen them as needed. | ||
| Jan 7, 2022 at 23:30 | history | closed |
DjinTonic Andy Bonner jimm101 |
Duplicate of word or term for letting someone else have a chance to win | |
| Jan 7, 2022 at 20:59 | answer | added | perry147 | timeline score: -1 | |
| Jan 7, 2022 at 20:56 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Jan 7, 2022 at 20:45 | answer | added | Old Brixtonian | timeline score: 5 | |
| Jan 7, 2022 at 20:40 | vote | accept | hb20007 | ||
| Jan 7, 2022 at 20:28 | answer | added | ermanen | timeline score: 16 | |
| Jan 7, 2022 at 20:25 | history | edited | hb20007 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Added 4th word I'm considering
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| Jan 7, 2022 at 20:18 | answer | added | fev | timeline score: 11 | |
| Jan 7, 2022 at 20:18 | history | edited | hb20007 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Realized "to go easy" can be intransitive
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| Jan 7, 2022 at 20:11 | history | edited | hb20007 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Improved formatting
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| Jan 7, 2022 at 20:05 | history | asked | hb20007 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |