cut short

cut short
verb
1. interrupt before its natural or planned end (Freq. 3)
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We had to cut short our vacation

• Syn: ↑break short, ↑break off
• Hypernyms: ↑interrupt, ↑break
• Hyponyms: ↑hang up
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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Something ——s something

2. cause to end earlier than intended (Freq. 1)
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The spontaneous applause cut the singer short

• Hypernyms: ↑interrupt, ↑disrupt
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s somebody

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Something ——s somebody

3. make shorter as if by cutting off
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truncate a word

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Erosion has truncated the ridges of the mountains

• Syn: ↑truncate
• Derivationally related forms: ↑truncation (for: ↑truncate)
• Hypernyms: ↑shorten
• Entailment: ↑cut off, ↑chop off, ↑lop off
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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Something ——s something

4. terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent
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My speech was cut short

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Personal freedom is curtailed in many countries

• Syn: ↑clip, ↑curtail
• Derivationally related forms: ↑curtailment (for: ↑curtail)
• Hypernyms: ↑shorten
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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Something ——s something

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phrasal
1. : to arrest or check abruptly : interrupt

his words being cut short by the disturbance in the audience

2. : to terminate usually in an untimely or premature manner : end

illness cutting short his career

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cut short
1. To abridge
2. To make short by cutting
3. To silence by interruption
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Main Entry: ↑cut
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cut short see under ↑cut
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Main Entry: ↑short

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cut short — see ↑short, 2
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Main Entry: ↑cut
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cut short
: to end (something) earlier than expected

We had to cut our vacation short.

The speech was cut short. [=the speech was interrupted and not finished]

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Main Entry: ↑short

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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