saw up

phrasal verb

sawed up; sawed up or sawn up; sawing up; saws up
: to cut (something) into pieces with a saw
He sawed up the boards into foot-long pieces.

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The region saw up to 15 feet of surge, according to preliminary reports from the National Weather Service. Rachel Ramirez, CNN, 1 Oct. 2024 Central and West Michigan The rest of the mitten is under a winter storm warning; apart from strong wind gusts up to 50 mph, central Michigan got up to 3.5 inches of snow and west Michigan saw up to 6 inches of snow by early evening Friday. Kylie Martin, Detroit Free Press, 12 Jan. 2024 Mountain High Resort saw nearly 8 feet of snow, Mount Pinos saw up to 6 feet of snow, and Mt. Wilson saw about 3 feet, McClatchy News reported last March. Daniella Segura, Sacramento Bee, 14 Feb. 2024 Some areas in the region saw up to 8 inches of rain while Los Angeles saw 4 inches, surpassing the most rain the city saw in one day in more than 20 years. Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2024 Regions just now of Grand Rapids, Michigan, saw up to 11 inches of snowfall, while Muskegon, Michigan, about 40 miles northeast near the eastern shore of Lake Michigan, saw 8.8 inches of snow -- the most on record. Max Golembo, ABC News, 1 Nov. 2023 Some areas saw up to a foot (30 centimeters) of snow on Monday, including Kansas, eastern Nebraska and South Dakota, western Iowa, and southwestern Minnesota. Kathy McCormack, Fortune, 10 Jan. 2024 Some areas saw up to a foot of snow on Monday, including Kansas, eastern Nebraska and South Dakota, western Iowa, and southwestern Minnesota. CBS News, 10 Jan. 2024 Some pockets of the metro area saw up to 3 inches of rain, said National Weather Service meteorologist Todd Kluber. Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune, 7 July 2023

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“Saw up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/saw%20up. Accessed 19 Nov. 2024.

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