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sawed off

sawed off is the simple past and past participle of saw off.

Meaning of saw off

Verb

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

  1. 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
  2. (slang) For the umpire to declare a batter out.
    • […] umpire's finger move slowly skywards. The skipper had been mercilessly sawn off.2010, Tony Lewis, Taking Fresh Guard

Questions about sawed off

What is sawed off the simple past and past participle of?
Sawed off is the simple past and past participle of saw off.

Words near sawed off in the dictionary

  1. Sawdys
  2. sawe
  3. sawed
  4. sawed gourds
  5. sawed logs
  6. sawed off
  7. sawed off the branch one was sitting on
  8. sawed the baby in half
  9. sawed wood
  10. sawed-off
  11. sawed-off shotgun

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