cut short

Idioms  

1. Abbreviate, stop abruptly, as in The thunderstorm cut short our picnic, or She cut her short, saying she'd already heard the story of their breakup. Shakespeare used this term to mean “put a sudden end to someone's life”: “Rather than bloody war shall cut them short” (2 Henry VI, 4:4), a less common usage today. The broader usage dates from the mid-1600s.

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Example Sentences

Higher oil prices will cut short the previously expected economic acceleration, and so Goldman now favors stocks with secular rather than cyclical growth profiles.

From MarketWatch

In 2010, Kings of Leon were forced to cut short a performance in St Louis, Missouri, after a flock of pigeons nestling above the stage took a dislike to their act.

From BBC

“Thanks, kiddo. I appreciate that. And I’m sorry your babysitting job got cut short.”

From Literature

My thoughts were cut short by the sound of footsteps coming down the path to our left.

From Literature

Historically, Iran’s Mehrabad airport in Tehran was emerging as a global hub connecting East and West in the 1970s, but that trajectory cut short by the Iranian Revolution, Harteveldt said.

From MarketWatch

Related Words

• abort
• break off
• curtail
• halt
• hinder
• interrupt
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