saw off

English

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.
    • 2011 June 23, Juliet Eysenck, “Paraplegic man died trying to saw off leg”, in Westminster Chronicle:
      A paraplegic St John's Wood man bled to death after trying to saw off his own legs.

Translations

Verb

saw off

  1. simple past of see off
    • 2012 July 17, “SBY Saw Off Indonesia Olympic Contingent”, in The President Post:
      President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono saw off the country’s contingent to the 30th Olympic Games in London on Monday []
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