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LOWBALL

Dictionary entry overview: What does lowball mean?

• LOWBALL (verb)
The verb LOWBALL has 1 sense:

1. make a deliberately low estimate

Familiarity information: LOWBALL used as a verb is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• LOWBALL (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Make a deliberately low estimate

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

lowball; underestimate

Context example:

The construction company wanted the contract badly and lowballed

Hypernyms (to "lowball" is one way to...):

approximate; estimate; gauge; guess; judge (judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time))

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

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