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cut short

Idioms  

  1. Abbreviate, stop abruptly, as in The thunderstorm cut short our picnic, or She cut her short, saying she'd already heard the story of their breakup. Shakespeare used this term to mean “put a sudden end to someone's life”: “Rather than bloody war shall cut them short” (2 Henry VI, 4:4), a less common usage today. The broader usage dates from the mid-1600s.

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My thoughts were cut short by the sound of footsteps coming down the path to our left.

From Literature

Historically, Iran’s Mehrabad airport in Tehran was emerging as a global hub connecting East and West in the 1970s, but that trajectory cut short by the Iranian Revolution, Harteveldt said.

From MarketWatch

"Instead, his life was tragically cut short. No one who comes here seeking refuge should be left in harm's way."

From BBC

He clinched the title with five events to spare, but his campaign was cut short when a shoulder injury forced him to miss the last four races of the season.

From Barron's

The striker's celebrations were cut short by the offside flag but a VAR review showed he was onside and the goal was given.

From Barron's

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