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Meaning of saw off | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

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

Equivalents

Bosanski otpiliti отпилити
Čeština odřezat
Deutsch absägen
Ελληνικά πριονίζω
Hrvatski otpiliti отпилити
Latviešu nozāģēt
Српски otpiliti отпилити
Tiếng Việt khứa

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 […]”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

saw off the branch one is sitting on saw one's way clear to saw one's way to saw oneself out saw out saw over

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