cut short (English, verb)
expansion: cut short (third-person singular simple present cuts short, present participle cutting short, simple past and past participle cut short)
Senses:
glosses: To interrupt or curtail before the planned end time.
tags: transitive
glosses: To stop someone from finishing what they are saying.
tags: transitive
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cut, short.
Forms:
form: cuts short
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: cutting short
tags: participle
present
form: cut short
tags: participle
past
form: cut short
tags: past