cut short
idiom
: to end (something) earlier than expected
We had to cut our vacation short.
The speech was cut short.
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The intrasquad affair was cut short when sophomore guard Elmarko Jackson suffered a season-ending knee injury.
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Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 10 June 2024
His career cut short by World War I, his songs faded into obscurity until 2014, when his sheet music started to surface.
—Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 1 June 2024
O’Rourke’s life was tragically cut short at the age of 12.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 12 May 2024
Circa 2016–18, Chelsea Handler, Joel McHale, Hasan Minhaj, Michelle Wolf, even frickin’ Norm Macdonald (RIP) all got the chance to bring one of TV’s longest-running formats to digital, and all quickly saw their efforts abruptly cut short.
—Josef Adalian, Vulture, 9 May 2024
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Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 10 June 2024
His career cut short by World War I, his songs faded into obscurity until 2014, when his sheet music started to surface.
—Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 1 June 2024
O’Rourke’s life was tragically cut short at the age of 12.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 12 May 2024
Circa 2016–18, Chelsea Handler, Joel McHale, Hasan Minhaj, Michelle Wolf, even frickin’ Norm Macdonald (RIP) all got the chance to bring one of TV’s longest-running formats to digital, and all quickly saw their efforts abruptly cut short.
—Josef Adalian, Vulture, 9 May 2024
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“Cut short.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cut%20short. Accessed 17 Jun. 2024.
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