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Cut short

adj, verb

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Having been cut short, reduced. adjective, error-misspelling, participle
Verb
  1. 1
    To interrupt or curtail before the planned end time. transitive

    "The party was cut short because everything was getting broken."

  2. 2
    terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent wordnet
  3. 3
    To stop someone from finishing what they are saying. transitive

    "He cut her short because he knew what she was going to say."

  4. 4
    make shorter as if by cutting off wordnet
  5. 5
    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cut, short.
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  1. 6
    interrupt before its natural or planned end wordnet
  2. 7
    cause to end earlier than intended wordnet

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