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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 “put a sudden end to someone's lifeâ€: “Rather than bloody war shall cut them short†( 2 Henry VI , 4:4), a less common usage today. The broader usage dates from the mid-1600s.Example Sentences
But hidden beneath the heartbreak of a tournament run cut short is hope for a future with Smith and her fellow freshmen holding down the fort until Watkins is healthy enough to return.
Netanyahu later cut short an appearance at his separate trial on corruption charges, which he denies, to provide recorded testimony to police investigating the case at his office in Jerusalem.
In her last moments, she was alone and frightened with that angry man, and about to have her life cut short by expectations about how a “good†wife should behave.
“There’s no telling how many lives would be tragically cut short and how many communities would have been devastated had these drugs been distributed,†Bonta said.
On Friday night, the 24-year-old broke down in tears on stage in Newcastle, telling fans he's ''dealing with a lot of anxiety'' before announcing the show was being cut short.
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