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Idioms and Phrases
Abbreviate, stop abruptly, as in The thunderstorm cut short our picnic , or She cut her short, saying she'd already heard the story of their breakup . Shakespeare used this term to mean 鈥減ut a sudden end to someone's life鈥: 鈥淩ather than bloody war shall cut them short鈥 ( 2 Henry VI , 4:4), a less common usage today. The broader usage dates from the mid-1600s.Example Sentences
O'Neill, who cut short a family holiday to attend, said it was a "huge historic moment".
O'Neill had cut short a family holiday so that plans could be made to attend the funeral.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi cut short a foreign trip to return to Delhi for talks with security chiefs and other officials.
It was enough for the Dodgers to put him on the IL and cut short Phillips鈥 triple-A rehab assignment so he could pitch on Saturday.
鈥淥ur sympathy goes out to the family and loved ones of this young girl, whose life was cut short far too soon.鈥
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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