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^[1]:

     A paraplegic St John's Wood man bled to death after trying to saw off his own legs.

Derived terms

• saw off the branch one is sitting on

 

Translations

to cut off with a saw

Verb

saw off

1. simple past of see off
   • 2012 July 17, “SBY Saw Off Indonesia Olympic Contingent”, in The President Post‎^[2]:

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