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cut short

verb cuts short · cutting short · cut short

  1. transitive To interrupt or curtail before the planned end time. The party was cut short because everything was getting broken.
  2. transitive To stop someone from finishing what they are saying. He cut her short because he knew what she was going to say.
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cut, short.

adjective cut shorter · cut shortest

  1. adjective, error misspelling, participle Having been cut short, reduced.

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verb to curtail

Portuguêssustar
Deutschbeenden, verkürzen, abbrechen

verb to interrupt and stop so. from speaking on and on

Españolcortar, interrumpir
Deutschjmdm. das Wort abschneiden, jmdm. ins Wort fallen

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@misc{cut_short_2026,
  title = {cut short},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cut%20short},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}