Lexic.us

Definition of Cut short

1. Verb. Interrupt before its natural or planned end. "We had to cut short our vacation"

2. Verb. Cause to end earlier than intended. "The spontaneous applause cut the singer short"

3. Verb. Make shorter as if by cutting off. "Erosion has truncated the ridges of the mountains"

4. Verb. Terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent. "Personal freedom is curtailed in many countries"

Definition of Cut short

1. Verb. Make shorter by cutting ¹

2. Verb. (idiomatic) interrupt and curtail before the planned end time. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cut Short

cut off one's nose to spite one's face cut offs cut one's coat according to one's cloth cut one's losses cut one's teeth cut oneself cut out cut out of the same cloth cut price cut rate

cut red tape cut scene cut scenes cut short (current term) cut someone loose cut someone some slack cut splice cut the cheese cut the mustard cut the muster

cut the rug cut the umbilical cord cut through cut time cut to cut to black cut to pieces

Literary usage of Cut short

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1904)
"This outer stitch is also continuous throughout; when completed the ends are tied and cut short, as with the inner stitch. There are thus two suture-lines ..."

2. Journal of the American Medical Association by American Medical Association (1890)
"... and thus cut short a disease which,'under i within the body ; a germ that has shape, and other conditions, either lasted until death ended ¡ form, ..."

3. The Writings of George Washington: Being His Correspondence, Addresses by George Washington (1847)
"To cut short, I really feel a satisfaction at the prospect of meeting you again, although I have scarcely time to tell you so, as the express is waiting. ..."

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