saw down

saw down
ˌsaw ˈdown [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they saw down he/she/it saws down present participle sawing down past tense sawed down past participle sawn down] phrasal verb
to cut through something such as a tree with a saw so that it falls to the ground
Thesaurus: forests and caring for forests and treeshyponym types of treehypernym
Main entry: saw

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saw down [phrasal verb]
saw down (something) or saw (something) down : to cut (something) with a saw and bring it to the ground : to cut (something) down

The trees were sawed down.

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Main Entry:saw

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