cut short
idiom
: to end (something) earlier than expected
We had to cut our vacation short.
The speech was cut short.
Examples of cut short in a Sentence
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Convicted almost decade after first mistrial Holton’s first trial in 2015 was cut short after jurors learned from a witness that he was wanted by police for a separate crime.
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Charles Rabin, Miami Herald, 17 Apr. 2024
Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith reportedly walked out of the room and the set was allegedly cut short after just 10 minutes.
—Zack Sharf, Variety, 16 Apr. 2024
An Arizona man's departure from a downtown parking garage was cut short after two people allegedly hurled a fire extinguisher from their rooftop, injuring him.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 13 Apr. 2024
On a Friday in March, Kill’s team went for drinks in Hoxton, a trendy enclave in London’s east, only to find their evening cut short when everything shut around midnight.
—Anna Cooban, CNN, 6 Apr. 2024
Another United Airlines plane, another long-haul trip cut short.
—Melvin Backman, Quartz, 29 Mar. 2024
Construction, which began in 1860, was cut short by the Civil War the following year.
—Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 25 Mar. 2024
She was found 22 days later on Thanksgiving walking on a Yolo County road and partially bound with a chain, with bruises, a brand burned into one arm and her hair cut short.
—Sam Stanton, Sacramento Bee, 25 Mar. 2024
Walker Buehler injury update Walker Buehler’s third minor league rehabilitation start Friday, this one for Class-A Rancho Cucamonga, was cut short after he was struck on the right hand by a comebacker in the second inning.
—Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2024
Charles Rabin, Miami Herald, 17 Apr. 2024
Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith reportedly walked out of the room and the set was allegedly cut short after just 10 minutes.
—Zack Sharf, Variety, 16 Apr. 2024
An Arizona man's departure from a downtown parking garage was cut short after two people allegedly hurled a fire extinguisher from their rooftop, injuring him.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 13 Apr. 2024
On a Friday in March, Kill’s team went for drinks in Hoxton, a trendy enclave in London’s east, only to find their evening cut short when everything shut around midnight.
—Anna Cooban, CNN, 6 Apr. 2024
Another United Airlines plane, another long-haul trip cut short.
—Melvin Backman, Quartz, 29 Mar. 2024
Construction, which began in 1860, was cut short by the Civil War the following year.
—Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 25 Mar. 2024
She was found 22 days later on Thanksgiving walking on a Yolo County road and partially bound with a chain, with bruises, a brand burned into one arm and her hair cut short.
—Sam Stanton, Sacramento Bee, 25 Mar. 2024
Walker Buehler injury update Walker Buehler’s third minor league rehabilitation start Friday, this one for Class-A Rancho Cucamonga, was cut short after he was struck on the right hand by a comebacker in the second inning.
—Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2024
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“Cut short.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cut%20short. Accessed 1 May. 2024.
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