| Definition of 'cut short' |
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1. (verb) cut short, break short, break off
interrupt before its natural or planned end
"We had to cut short our vacation"
2. (verb) cut short
cause to end earlier than intended
"The spontaneous applause cut the singer short"
3. (verb) truncate, cut short
make shorter as if by cutting off
"truncate a word"; "Erosion has truncated the ridges of the mountains"
4. (verb) clip, curtail, cut short
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"
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Sense: to make shorter than intended
He cut short his holiday to deal with the crisis.
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 Afrikaans: kort geknip |
 Arabic: يُقَصِّر، يَخْتَصِر |
 Bulgarian: скъсявам |
 Brazilian: reduzir |
 Czech: zkrátit |
 German: abkürzen |
 Danish: forkorte; afbryde |
 Greek: διακόπτω, κάνω κτ. μικρότ |
 Spanish: abreviar, reducir |
 Estonian: katkestama |
 Farsi: کوتاه کردن |
 Finnish: lyhentää |
 French: interrompre |
 Hebrew: לְקָצֵר |
 Hindi: कटौती करना |
 Croatian: skratiti |
 Hungarian: félbeszakít |
 Indonesian: mempersingkat |
 Icelandic: stytta |
 Italian: interrompere |
 Japanese: 切り詰める |
 Korean: 단축하다 |
 Lithuanian: sutrumpinti |
 Latvian: saīsināt |
 Malay: memndekkan |
 Dutch: afbreken |
 Norwegian: forkorte, avbryte |
 Polish: skracać |
 Persian: کوتاه کردن |
 Pashto: لنډول |
 Portuguese: reduzir |
 Romanian: a scurta |
 Russian: внезапно прерывать |
 Slovak: skrátiť |
 Slovenian: prekiniti |
 Serbian: skratiti |
 Swedish: avbryta |
 Thai: ตัดให้สั้นลง |
 Turkish: kısa kesmek |
 Taiwanese: 縮短 |
 Ukrainian: уривати |
 Urdu: مختصر كرنا، تخفيف كرنا |
 Vietnamese: cắt ngắn |
 Chinese: 缩短 |
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