Cut short

Verb

Word Frequency: 1.8

Definitions

1.VerbTo interrupt or curtail before the planned end time.

"The party was cut short because everything was getting broken."

2.VerbTo stop someone from finishing what they are saying.

"He cut her short because he knew what she was going to say."

3.VerbUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cut,‎ short.

4.AdjectiveHaving been cut short, reduced.

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