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saws the baby in half

saws the baby in half is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 saws the baby in half

What is saws the baby in half the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Saws the baby in half is the third-person singular simple present indicative of saw the baby in half.

Words near saws the baby in half in the dictionary

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

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