saw wood

Verb

saw wood (third-person singular simple present saws wood, present participle sawing wood, simple past sawed wood, past participle sawed wood or sawn wood)

1. (idiomatic) To snore loudly.
   • Monsignor Charles Kekumano, 78, was snoring loudly in his bed. Every so often, he would stop sawing wood—and break into the delightfully mischievous grin that made him so famous.1998 January 23, Diane Chang, “Monsignor Kekumano is now in heaven”, in Honolulu Star-Bulletin
   • "You keep all of Mouse Lodge awake sawing wood every night. You're a fine one to complain about someone else snoring."2009, Elizabeth Haydon, The Dragon's Lair, →ISBN, page 125

   Synonyms:

   saw logs