cut short

idiom

: to end (something) earlier than expected

We had to cut our vacation short.

The speech was cut short.

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This brewing argument is cut short when a few of the gang members roll up and demand to know who Torres is talking to. —

Sara Netzley, EW.com, 4 Feb. 2025 That stint lasted 18 months, cut short by a debilitating bout of chronic fatigue syndrome. —

Adam Begley, The Atlantic, 4 Feb. 2025 The lives of both airline pilots were cut short, along with all passengers and the three-person crew of the Army helicopter after the two aircraft collided and crashed into a frigid Potomac River shortly before 9 p.m. Wednesday night in the deadliest passenger air disaster since 2001. —

Chris Kenning, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2025 Two more attempts in June 2024 were cut short before the EVAs could even get underway due to spacesuit equipment issues. —

Robert Z. Pearlman, Space.com, 30 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for cut short