cut short
verbDefinitions
To interrupt or curtail before the planned end time.
- The party was cut short because everything was getting broken.
To stop someone from finishing what they are saying.
- He cut her short because he knew what she was going to say.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cut, short.
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Having been cut short, reduced.
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