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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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.
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Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2024
On Friday morning, a handful of groups finished up their first round, which was cut short due to darkness and resumed at 8 a.m. in the morning.
—Jordan Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 12 Apr. 2024
His life was cut short when a cargo vessel struck the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore in late March, causing the bridge where Suazo Sandoval and seven other construction workers were fixing potholes to collapse into the Pataspsco River.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 6 Apr. 2024
John Sinclair, a counterculture activist whose nearly 10-year prison sentence for sharing joints with an undercover police officer was cut short after John Lennon and Yoko Ono sang about his plight at a protest rally, died on Tuesday in Detroit.
—Michael S. Rosenwald, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2024
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band came to downtown Phoenix on Tuesday, March 19, to relaunch their world tour cut short in 2023 on the advice of Springsteen’s doctor as the star was treated for peptic ulcer disease.
—Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 19 Mar. 2024
His football aspirations were cut short, however, due to injuries.
—Xander Zellner, Billboard, 5 Mar. 2024
But this period was cut short when Mars lost its magnetic field and nearly all of its atmosphere – now only 1% as dense as the Earth’s.
—Amy J. Williams, Discover Magazine, 16 Mar. 2024
The interview was cut short by four security guards who demanded documentation and said journalists were not permitted to work there.
—Francesca Ebel, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2024
Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2024
On Friday morning, a handful of groups finished up their first round, which was cut short due to darkness and resumed at 8 a.m. in the morning.
—Jordan Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 12 Apr. 2024
His life was cut short when a cargo vessel struck the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore in late March, causing the bridge where Suazo Sandoval and seven other construction workers were fixing potholes to collapse into the Pataspsco River.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 6 Apr. 2024
John Sinclair, a counterculture activist whose nearly 10-year prison sentence for sharing joints with an undercover police officer was cut short after John Lennon and Yoko Ono sang about his plight at a protest rally, died on Tuesday in Detroit.
—Michael S. Rosenwald, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2024
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band came to downtown Phoenix on Tuesday, March 19, to relaunch their world tour cut short in 2023 on the advice of Springsteen’s doctor as the star was treated for peptic ulcer disease.
—Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 19 Mar. 2024
His football aspirations were cut short, however, due to injuries.
—Xander Zellner, Billboard, 5 Mar. 2024
But this period was cut short when Mars lost its magnetic field and nearly all of its atmosphere – now only 1% as dense as the Earth’s.
—Amy J. Williams, Discover Magazine, 16 Mar. 2024
The interview was cut short by four security guards who demanded documentation and said journalists were not permitted to work there.
—Francesca Ebel, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2024
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“Cut short.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cut%20short. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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