English Explanatory Dictionary

cut short

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To interrupt or curtail before the planned end time.
  2. To stop someone from finishing what they are saying.
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cut, short.
adj
  1. Having been cut short, reduced.

Pronunciation

en-au-cut short.ogg

Word forms

cut short cuts short cutting short cut shorter cut shortest
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