saw the baby in half in English

Forms: saws the baby in half [present, singular, third-person], sawing the baby in half [participle, present], sawed the baby in half [participle, past], sawed the baby in half [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} saw the baby in half (third-person singular simple present saws the baby in half, present participle sawing the baby in half, simple past and past participle sawed the baby in half)

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          "ref": "1967, Telford Taylor, The breaking wave: the Second World War in the summer of 1940",
          "text": "Thus OKW sawed the baby in half, giving to the Army a landing force which it thought inadequate, and saddling the Navy with a transport responsibility which it thought excessively dangerous.",
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          "ref": "2015, Masha Gessen, The Tsarnaev Brothers: the road to a modern tragedy",
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"saw the baby in half" meaning in English

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