cut short

Meaning

Verb

1. (transitive) To interrupt or curtail before the planned end time.
2. (transitive) To stop someone from finishing what they are saying.
3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cut, short.

Adj

Having been cut short, reduced.

Synonyms

shorten

interrupt

break short

cut off

truncate

abbreviate

break off

stop

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curtail

cut

clip

interrupted

make brief

degrade

sever

shortened

cease

suspend

amortize

abridge

race through

abandon

dash off

disturb

docked

drive

drop out

end

🔚

ended

finish

foreshorten

frustrate

give up

interject

intermit

lay over

leave off

obstruct

paralyze

pause

punctuate

put in

quit

ram down

reduce

reef

renounce

scoop out

scrub

shut off

Translations

abkürzen

acortar

abreviar

raccourcir

abréger

écourter

atalhar

accorciare

escurçar

finire

abbrechen

aufhören

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atallar

fer drecera

interrompre