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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Jack and Carolyn's love story was cut short just three years after their secret wedding when the couple, along with Carolyn's sister Lauren, tragically died in a plane crash off the coast of Martha's Vineyard.
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Emma Banks, InStyle, 26 Feb. 2026
Johnny’s life was cut short in a tragedy that still feels impossible to process — struck and killed by a car while riding his bicycle.
—Peter Folan, Boston Herald, 25 Feb. 2026
The group’s sudden departure marked the first time in history NASA had to cut short an ISS staffing mission for health reasons.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 25 Feb. 2026
When cold treatment is cut short, the development of plant hormones that regulate flower height is disrupted as well.
—Markis Hill, Kansas City Star, 25 Feb. 2026
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Emma Banks, InStyle, 26 Feb. 2026
Johnny’s life was cut short in a tragedy that still feels impossible to process — struck and killed by a car while riding his bicycle.
—Peter Folan, Boston Herald, 25 Feb. 2026
The group’s sudden departure marked the first time in history NASA had to cut short an ISS staffing mission for health reasons.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 25 Feb. 2026
When cold treatment is cut short, the development of plant hormones that regulate flower height is disrupted as well.
—Markis Hill, Kansas City Star, 25 Feb. 2026
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“Cut short.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cut%20short. Accessed 1 Mar. 2026.
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