Wiktionary
vb. 1 Make shorter by cutting 2 (context idiomatic English) interrupt and curtail before the planned end time.
WordNet
v. interrupt before its natural or planned end; "We had to cut short our vacation" [syn: break short, break off]
cause to end earlier than intended; "The spontaneous applause cut the singer short"
make shorter as if by cutting off; "truncate a word"; "Erosion has truncated the ridges of the mountains" [syn: truncate]
terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent; "My speech was cut short"; "Personal freedom is curtailed in many countries" [syn: clip, curtail]
Usage examples of "cut short".
A black nerf-hide jacket cut short enough to reveal of band of blue flesh at her waist completed the outfit and let her conceal her lightsaber within easy reach.
Still, since no life can completely defend itself from the unforeseen, it was evident that all Boyne's precautions would sooner or later prove unavailable, and Mary concluded that he had cut short a tiresome visit by walking with his caller to the station, or at least accompanying him for part of the way.
If the boy had still been alive when the car hit him, his life had been cut short by thirty seconds at most.
He was five feet tall, the color of mahogany, his bright blond hair cut short in a butch cut.
Judging by the preponderance of sharp wooden stakes, my holiday was about to be cut short.
Ground Forces training command has decided to cut short the training cycle, so the cycle will be ending in two weeks instead of four and final testing has been canceled.
His scream was cut short with an ominous abruptness and I looked away, but not in time.
Her jubilation had to be cut short as Ford ordered her belted up for the run to the plateau.
I had some junior officers whose careers would be cut short forever by a court-martial now, even if they won .
Her salt-and-pepper hair was cut short and neat in a no-nonsense style.
Another Aes Sedai had slipped into the room, a copper-skinned woman with dark hair cut short.
His hair was cut short and the hand he offered Gaditicus had a heavy gold ring on the fourth finger.