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Cut short

verb

Interrupt before its natural or planned end. Synonyms: break off, break short.

Cause to end earlier than intended.

Make shorter as if by cutting off. Synonym: truncate. "Erosion has truncated the ridges of the mountains"

Terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent. Synonyms: clip, curtail. "Personal freedom is curtailed in many countries"

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"Cut short" Quotes from Famous Books

... the borough of Corbelly, who entered into a learned dissertation on embrios; but he was interrupted by the young queen's crying for her supper, the previous question for which was carried without a negative; and then the house being resumed, the debate was cut short by the impatience of the majority to go and drink her majesty's health. This seeming violence gave occasion to a very long protest, drawn up by sir Archee Mac Sarcasm, in which he contrived to state the claim ...

— Hieroglyphic Tales • Horace Walpole

... occurred that threatened to cut short alike his "mission" and his life. Never of robust health, he fell seriously ill of an affection that developed into tuberculosis. The medical men whom he consulted unanimously declared that his only hope lay in a change of climate, and, ...

— Historic Ghosts and Ghost Hunters • H. Addington Bruce

... course it didn't so much matter, but Mills cut short further argument by licking him and ejecting him neck and crop from ...

— The Master of the Shell • Talbot Baines Reed

... in the distance, was heard the sound of a hunting horn, and the emperor's soliloquy was cut short. An expression of annoyance was visible on his features, as he listened. But instead of advancing, the sounds receded until finally they were lost in the sighing of the ...

— Joseph II. and His Court • L. Muhlbach

... quickly communicated to the rest of the building, and it became necessary to abandon it or perish in the flames. In the one case there was a possibility that some might escape; in the other, their fate would be equally certain and terrible. The rapid approach of the flames cut short their momentary suspense. The door was thrown open, and the old lady, supported by her eldest son, attempted to cross the fence at one point, while her daughter, carrying her child in her arms, and attended by the younger of the brothers, ...

— Life & Times of Col. Daniel Boone • Cecil B. Harley

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