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sawing off

sawing off is the present participle and gerund 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 sawing off

What is sawing off the present participle and gerund of?
Sawing off is the present participle and gerund of saw off.

Words near sawing off in the dictionary

  1. Sawin
  2. sawine
  3. sawing
  4. sawing gourds
  5. sawing logs
  6. sawing off
  7. sawing off the branch one is sitting on
  8. sawing the baby in half
  9. sawing wood
  10. sawings
  11. Sawins

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