cut short

phrase

: to end (something) earlier than expected
We had to cut our vacation short.
The speech was cut short.

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The men’s Tour was disrupted by wildfires last month, resulting in the route of both the third stage and the final stage being amended and cut short and fans being asked to stay away from the mountainous finish on stage 3. — Jessica Hopkins, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2026 Holland began collecting signatures to get Brun removed, but the effort was cut short by the onset of the Covid pandemic. — Guthrie Scrimgeour, Rolling Stone, 2 Aug. 2026 Nick Aldis At WWE SummerSlam, Gunther ensured that Nick Aldis’ return to the ring was cut short. — Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026 Walden remembered his son as an accomplished Marine and gifted intelligence analyst whose future was cut short. — Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 1 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for cut short

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“Cut short.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cut%20short. Accessed 5 Aug. 2026.

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