cut short

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• verb Make shorter by cutting
• verb idiomatic interrupt and curtail before the planned end time.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• verb terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent
• verb interrupt before its natural or planned end
• verb make shorter as if by cutting off
• verb cause to end earlier than intended