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saw

/sɔ/ noun A1
  1. Such a tool with a toothed blade. · Meronyms: sawtooth < sawblade
  2. Such a tool with an abrasive coating instead of teeth.
  3. A musical saw.
  4. A sawtooth wave.
  5. The situation where two partners agree to trump a suit alternately, playing that suit to each other for the express purpose.

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Phrasal verbs and expressions

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You never saw the like by day.
A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 1 · C1
I saw the next door garden lie,
A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 2 · C1
I saw the dimpling river pass
A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 2 · C1
We took a saw and several nails,
A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 3 · C1

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