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sawn off

sawn off is the 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 sawn off

What is sawn off the past participle of?
Sawn off is the past participle of saw off.

Words near sawn off in the dictionary

  1. sawmilling
  2. sawmills
  3. sawn
  4. sawn gourds
  5. sawn logs
  6. sawn off
  7. sawn off the branch one was sitting on
  8. sawn wood
  9. sawn-off
  10. sawn-off shotgun
  11. sawn-off shotguns

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