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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Notably, over 40 percent of these claims involved trips that were canceled or cut short, like Anderson's.
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Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
After rehabbing from that injury and expecting to be productive in 2023, Vera-Tucker had that season cut short as well.
—Andrew Wright, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
And not just Hind — everyone in the film’s purview whose life was brutally cut short.
—Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 3 Sep. 2025
However, on opening night, the music and revelry are cut short when evil sneaks through the door.
—Charlotte Walsh, People.com, 1 Sep. 2025
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Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
After rehabbing from that injury and expecting to be productive in 2023, Vera-Tucker had that season cut short as well.
—Andrew Wright, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
And not just Hind — everyone in the film’s purview whose life was brutally cut short.
—Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 3 Sep. 2025
However, on opening night, the music and revelry are cut short when evil sneaks through the door.
—Charlotte Walsh, People.com, 1 Sep. 2025
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“Cut short.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cut%20short. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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