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cut someone short
phrase
to stop someone from talking before they have finished what they were saying: 打断…的话
He started to explain, but she cut him short.他开始解释，可是她打断了他的话。
I was in a rush to get away and had to cut her short.
Sophie started to speak, but Dominic cut her short.
I don't mean to cut you short, but we're almost out of time.
Taylor began but Anna cut him short.
I started to protest but she cut me short.
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cutverb(STOP)
cut something short
idiom
C2
to have to stop doing something before it is finished: 提早结束（正在进行的事情）
Their conversation was cut short by the arrival of more guests.因为由更多的客人到来，他们的交谈被中止了。
We had to cut short our holiday because Richard was ill.我们不得不缩短了假期，因为理查德病了。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Causing something to end
abandon
abandonment
all good things (must) come to an endidiom
and have done with itidiom
be over the humpidiom
cure
halt
hang
jack something in
kill something stone-deadidiom
knock
lay
lid
lift
snap
stamp on something
stamp something out
stanch
staunch
stem
cut something short | American Dictionary
cut something short
phrasal verb with cutverbus/kʌt/present participlecutting | past tense and past participlecut
to stop something suddenly before it is completed:
We cut short our vacation when we learned of my mother’s illness.
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