saw sth off
— phrasal verb with saw uk/sɔː/us/sɑː/uk/sɔː/us/sɑː/verb, verb sawed, sawn or mainly US sawed
to remove something by cutting it with a saw:
She sawed off the dead branches of the tree.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Cutting off and disconnecting
- amputate
- amputee
- chop
- chop sth off
- crop
- cut
- cut sb off
- disconnect
- dismember
- dissection
- dock
- lop sth off
- saw
- sever