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sawed the baby in half

sawed the baby in half is the simple past and past participle of saw the baby in half.

Meaning of saw the baby in half

Verb

saw the baby in half (third-person singular simple present saws the baby in half, present participle sawing the baby in half, simple past and past participle sawed the baby in half)

  1. Synonym of split the baby.
    • Thus OKW sawed the baby in half, giving to the Army a landing force which it thought inadequate, and saddling the Navy with a transport responsibility which it thought excessively dangerous.1967, Telford Taylor, The breaking wave: the Second World War in the summer of 1940
    Synonyms:
    split the baby

Questions about sawed the baby in half

What is sawed the baby in half the simple past and past participle of?
Sawed the baby in half is the simple past and past participle of saw the baby in half.

Words near sawed the baby in half in the dictionary

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

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