Meaning of saw off | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To cut off with a saw.
2. simple past of see off
   form-of, past
3. For the umpire to declare a batter out.
   slang

Examples

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

“[…] 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 […]”

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

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