saw off

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saw off

verb saws off · sawing off · sawed off · sawn off

To cut off with a saw. A paraplegic St John's Wood man bled to death after trying to saw off his own legs.
slang For the umpire to declare a batter out. […] umpire's finger move slowly skywards. The skipper had been mercilessly sawn off.

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past simple past of see off President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono saw off the country’s contingent to the 30th Olympic Games in London on Monday […]

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@misc{saw_off_2026,
  title = {saw off},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/saw%20off},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}