saw-off
Britishnoun
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a deadlock or stalemate
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a compromise
Example Sentences
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Back of Delton Bud saw another man—and after a moment he recognized him as the cowboy with the saw-off shot-gun who had warned them away from the Shooting Star.
From The Boy Ranchers on Roaring River or Diamond X and the Chinese Smugglers by Hastings, Howard L. (Howard Livingston)
It is like the saw-off between any two evils: when you are enduring the one you think you'd rather endure the other.
From Stranded in Arcady by Lynde, Francis
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