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What does cut short mean?

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Verb
  1. Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see cut,‎ short.
  2. (idiomatic) To interrupt or curtail before the planned end time.
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Her rather revealing history lesson was cut short at the sharp protestations of the door as it was pushed open.
Gracie sits next to a rosebud and tree trunk, a poignant reminder of a life cut short.
Another charge was cut short illegally by a tug from Barker five yards to the left of the penalty area.
Bresson gives us the beginnings and ends of conversations, cut short by dissolves or fades to black.
His face was roundish, his eyes some unidentifiable dark color while his hair was golden brown, cut short with highlights of red here and there.
The guard's interrogatory was cut short as a beagle began tearing at his trouser leg.

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