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cut short

English

  1. 🔊 interrupt before its natural or planned end
    “We had to cut short our vacation”
  2. 🔊 cause to end earlier than intended
    “The spontaneous applause cut the singer short”
  3. 🔊 make shorter as if by cutting off
    “truncate a word”
  4. 🔊 terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent
    “My speech was cut short”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 interrumpir to cut short
  2. 🔊 acortar to cut short, curtail
  3. 🔊 destroncar to cut short, cut off

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