saw off en · VERB
Meanings
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To cut off with a saw.
A paraplegic St John's Wood man bled to death after trying to saw off his own legs.
2011 June 23, Juliet Eysenck, “Paraplegic man died trying to saw off leg”, in Westminster Chronicle:
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(form-of, past) simple past of see off
form of see off
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono saw off the country’s contingent to the 30th Olympic Games in London on Monday […]
2012 July 17, “SBY Saw Off Indonesia Olympic Contingent”, in The President Post:
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(slang) For the umpire to declare a batter out.
[…] sawn off by the umpire and being sledged during his only half-century […]
2019, Arup Saikia, Jimmy:[…] umpire's finger move slowly skywards. The skipper had been mercilessly sawn off.
2010, Tony Lewis, Taking Fresh Guard:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| sawed off | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| sawed off | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| saws off | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| sawing off | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| sawn off | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Deriveds
saw off the branch one is sitting on
Translations (2)
pl odpiłować (to cut off with a saw) · pl odpiłowywać (to cut off with a saw)