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saw off

verb

Definitions

  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.

  2. For the umpire to declare a batter out.

    • […] umpire's finger move slowly skywards. The skipper had been mercilessly sawn off.
    • […] sawn off by the umpire and being sledged during his only half-century […]

  3. simple past of see off

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

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA