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Cut short

verb

Interrupt before its natural or planned end. Synonyms: break off, break short.

Cause to end earlier than intended.

Make shorter as if by cutting off. Synonym: truncate. "Erosion has truncated the ridges of the mountains"

Terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent. Synonyms: clip, curtail. "Personal freedom is curtailed in many countries"

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"Cut short" Quotes from Famous Books

... mental comments that roved through people's brains, while they were supposed to be joining in the hymn of praise, were suddenly cut short by the sound of Dr. Dennis' voice again—not in benediction, as surely they had a right to expect by this time, but with ...

— The Chautauqua Girls At Home • Pansy, AKA Isabella M. Alden

... affair." Greythorpe mused. "A promising career cut short and a life ruined by a moment's failure of nerve. The price paid for it was a heavy one. Still, I found the matter difficult to understand, because, so far as I could tell, there was nothing in Blake's character that made such a failure possible. Then it's known that personal ...

— Blake's Burden • Harold Bindloss

... who would take an interest in the Church, and spend money on the place and the people. If he took a fancy to a pretty face, where was the harm? 'Twas nothing to the likes of them, best let well alone; and then he would cut short the churchwarden's wailings and godly lamentations by "decanting" on the glories of Fording, and the boon it was to the countryside to have the ...

— The Nebuly Coat • John Meade Falkner

... to demur feebly, but Lorelei cut short any further discussion, and, once behind her own locked door, she dressed with feverish haste. Her only desire now was to escape from Fennellcourt and all its guests as quickly as possible. Her thoughts concerning Bob at the moment were ...

— The Auction Block • Rex Beach

... her an order for her admittance to the prison, but she was not allowed to enter. She saw Mr. Judson at the door, whither he crawled to speak with her. But even this sad communing was cut short by a rude order to Mrs. Judson to "depart, or they would pull her out." She was, however, allowed to supply the prisoners with food, and mats ...

— Woman: Man's Equal • Thomas Webster

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