saw off

verb

To cut off with a saw.

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Meanings

verbsaw off (third-person singular simple present saws off, present participle sawing off, simple past sawed off, past participle sawed off or sawn off)

present singular third person saws off · participle present sawing off · past sawed off · participle past sawed off · participle past 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. slangball gamesFor the umpire to declare a batter out.

    […] sawn off by the umpire and being sledged during his only half-century […]

    2019, Arup Saikia, Jimmy
    1 more example

    […] umpire's finger move slowly skywards. The skipper had been mercilessly sawn off.

    2010, Tony Lewis, Taking Fresh Guard
verb
  1. pastsimple past of see off

    President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono saw off the country’s contingent to the 30th Olympic Games in London on Monday […]

    2012 July 17, “SBY Saw Off Indonesia Olympic Contingent”, in The President Post

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
shorten

Translations

Polish odpiłowywać, odpiłować
  • odpiłowywaćto cut off with a saw
  • odpiłowaćto cut off with a saw
Cite this entry
APA

saw off. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/saw%20off

MLA

“saw off.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/saw%20off. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “saw off,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/saw%20off.

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