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Saw off

verb, slang

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Verb
  1. 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. 2
    simple past of see off form-of, past

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

  3. 3
    For the umpire to declare a batter out. slang

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

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