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Also Inflected form of see

saw

UK/sɔː/ US/soː/ very common slang us
verb (1) noun (3)

verb

1.

cut with a saw

  • “saw wood for the fireplace”

noun

1.

a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people

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2.

hand tool having a toothed blade for cutting

3.

Phrases

  • old saw
  • saw doctor
  • saw file
  • saw gin
  • saw gourds
  • saw logs
  • saw off
  • saw off the branch one is sitting on
  • saw palmetto
  • saw sam sai
  • saw set
  • saw stroke

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