cut short

phrase

: 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

Recent Examples on the Web

An injury cut short Alexandre Pantoja’s first title bout with Joshua Van. — Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026

Ferguson, meanwhile, is still recovering from ankle surgery that cut short a loan to Roma in January. — Andy Naylor, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026

In his research for both projects, his mood boards filled up with references to periods of intense cultural flowering cut short—Weimar Germany, 1970s Iran, Cuba in the ’50s, and New York City before the AIDS crisis. — Sean Santiago, Architectural Digest, 15 Sep. 2026

Yet the lives of many stars—including Sinn Sisamouth and Ros Serey Sothea—would soon be tragically cut short by war. — H.m.a. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 15 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for cut short

• abort
• airport
• alport
• athwart
• carport
• comport
• consort
• deport
• disport
• distort
• escort
• exhort