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Cut short Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Cut short? [v] terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent; "My speech was cut short"; "Personal freedom is curtailed in many countries" [v] make shorter as if by cutting off; "truncate a word"; "Erosion has truncated the ridges of the mountains" [v] interrupt before its natural or planned end; "We had to cut short our vacation" [v] cause to end earlier than intended; "The spontaneous applause cut the singer short" [v] as of hair; "She wanted her hair cropped short" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Cut short: break off \| break short \| clip \| crop \| curtail \| truncate Related Terms \| Find terms related to Cut short: abbreviate \| abbreviated \| abridge \| abridged \| abstract \| abstracted \| arrest \| block \| bob \| bobbed \| boil down \| brake \| bring to \| bring up short \| butchered \| capsule \| capsulize \| capsulized \| castrated \| check \| checkmate \| choke \| choke off \| clip \| clipped \| compress \| compressed \| condense \| condensed \| contract \| crop \| cropped \| curtail \| curtailed \| cut \| cut back \| cut down \| cut off \| cut off short \| dam \| deadlock \| digested \| dispose of \| do away with \| dock \| docked \| draw rein \| dumbfound \| elide \| elided \| elliptic \| end \| epitomize \| finish \| finish off \| foreshorten \| freeze \| gag \| garbled \| get rid of \| halt \| hashed \| hush \| hush-hush \| kill \| lopped \| make away with \| mangled \| mow \| mowed \| mown \| muffle \| mutilated \| muzzle \| nip \| nipped \| poll \| pollard \| polled \| prune \| pruned \| pull up \| put paid to \| put to silence \| quiet \| quieten \| reap \| reaped \| recap \| recapitulate \| reduce \| retrench \| shave \| shaved \| shear \| sheared \| short-cut \| shorten \| shortened \| shush \| shut down on \| silence \| slaughter \| snub \| snubbed \| soft-pedal \| squash \| squelch \| stalemate \| stall \| stay \| stem \| stem the tide \| stifle \| still \| stop \| stop cold \| stop dead \| stop short \| strike dumb \| stunt \| sum up \| summarize \| synopsize \| take in \| take off \| telescope \| throttle \| to \| trim \| trimmed \| truncate \| truncated See Also \| break \| chop off \| cut \| cut off \| disrupt \| hang up \| interrupt \| lop off \| shorten

Cut short Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Cut short?

[v] terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent; "My speech was cut short"; "Personal freedom is curtailed in many countries"
[v] make shorter as if by cutting off; "truncate a word"; "Erosion has truncated the ridges of the mountains"
[v] interrupt before its natural or planned end; "We had to cut short our vacation"
[v] cause to end earlier than intended; "The spontaneous applause cut the singer short"
[v] as of hair; "She wanted her hair cropped short"

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