About The Word Cut short

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Cut short

Cut short Meaning & Definition
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

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