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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But she's reasserted herself as a progressive political leader in Nashville despite the shocking scandal that cut short her mayoral tenure. —

Nate Rau, Axios, 28 Oct. 2024 Previous efforts by the brothers and their attorneys to cut short their incarceration have been fruitless, but a new writ of habeas corpus citing new evidence is being considered by Dist. —

Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2024 This 43-year-old native of Baton Rouge cut short his career as a barber to give music a real shot. —

Charlie Mason, TVLine, 15 Oct. 2024 Namely, a close friendship with Leslie Grace, whose own DC tenure as Batgirl was abruptly cut short in August 2022 when the unfinished Batgirl was shelved for a tax break. —

Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for cut short