to saw off a branch

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• saw off the branch one is sitting on — sabotage one s own activities, cause oneself problems …   English contemporary dictionary

• saw off — ˌsaw ˈoff [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they saw off he/she/it saws off present participle sawing off past tense …   Useful english dictionary

• saw — 1 the past tense of see 2 noun (C) 1 a tool that has a flat blade with a row of V shaped metal pieces, used for cutting wood 2 old use a well known wise statement; proverb 3 verb past tense sawed past participle sawn especially BrE, sawed… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• Branch Davidian — The Branch Davidians are a sect that originated from a schism in 1955 from the Davidian Seventh Day Adventists, themselves former members of the Seventh day Adventist Church who were disfellowshipped during the 1930s. From its inception in 1934,… …   Wikipedia

• Branch Davidian — ▪ religious organization       an offshoot group of the Davidian Seventh day Adventist (SDA) Church that made headlines on February 28, 1993, when its Mt. Carmel headquarters near Waco, Texas, was raided by the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and …   Universalium

• off — I UK [ɒf] / US [ɔf] / US [ɑf] adjective, adverb, preposition *** Summary: Off can be used in the following ways: as an adverb: He waved and drove off. ♦ She took her coat off and hung it up. ♦ My house is a long way off. as a preposition: She got …   English dictionary

• Hedgehope Branch — The Hedgehope Branch, also known as the Browns Branch, was a branch line railway in Southland, New Zealand that started life in the 1880s as a privately owned bush tramway. It opened as a railway in 1899 and operated until 1968, though the… …   Wikipedia

• Lackawanna Cut-Off — The westbound Lackawanna Limited comes off the Pequest Fill shortly after the opening of the Lackawanna Cut Off. Taken from the signal tower at the east end of Greendell Siding, this early 1912 photo was used as a template for a Phoebe Snow… …   Wikipedia

• Montauk Branch —      Montauk Branch The Cannonball runs express through Bay Shore to the Hamptons along the Montauk Branch. Overv …   Wikipedia

• Rockaway Beach Branch — This article is about the LIRR branch to the Rockaways from the north (Elmhurst and Glendale). For the branch from the northeast (Hillside), see New York and Rockaway Railroad. For the operating branch from the east (Valley Stream), see Far… …   Wikipedia

• Green Line "D" Branch — Riverside Branch MBTA Green Line D Type 7 train leaving the Fenway station for Riverside. Overview Type Light rail …   Wikipedia