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saws off

saws off is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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

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Saws off is the third-person singular simple present indicative of saw off.

Words near saws off in the dictionary

  1. Sawrey
  2. Sawreys
  3. saws
  4. saws gourds
  5. saws logs
  6. saws off
  7. saws off the branch one is sitting on
  8. saws the baby in half
  9. saws wood
  10. sawset
  11. sawsets

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