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cutting short

verb as in stop earlier than intended

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Example Sentences

Nothing says natural disaster like cutting short your vacation and giving an emergency press conference.

Squaring his elbows on the table, he begun abruptly; and appeared to have a habit of cutting short his words and sentences.

At this moment Hungerford came up and, much to my chagrin, I was forced to present him, cutting short our first conversation.

"Come along," interrupted the Scotchman, catching up his bag of tools and cutting short further discussion.

Across the yard a clatter of hoofs sounded, cutting short his speech.

"I find my head still very weak," said he, by way of cutting short the conversation.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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