Break off (a piece from a whole)
Break a small piece off from.
To prevent completion (e.g. of a project, of negotiations, etc.).
Interrupt before its natural or planned end.
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Examples for "cut short "
Examples for "cut short "
1 Olmert cut short a visit to Europe on Wednesday and returned home.
2 Whatever answer Brunetti might have given was cut short by Antonia's return.
3 But the celebrations were cut short by the referendum result in Italy.
4 Dear Jessica, I'm sorry things got cut short at your house tonight.
5 The show's run was cut short by the pandemic earlier this year.
1 Raynor felt a renewed sense of urgency, and immediately cut the break short .
2 You may jerk it; it will still adhere to the skin, and after repeated trials often break short .
3 She led me to believe that she would give this up, and break short off, and keep herself free and sacred and pure for me.
4 The steering-head had broken short off at the inside of the hub.
5 The very sword of the state broke short in the king's hand.
1 For example, parts can break off and go flying down the tunnel.
2 I had to break off : the pain was too much for me.
3 Jane: I was just about to break off the thread when you-
4 They slice around the bone a little, then break off the limb.
5 If it makes you break off the engagement, its work is done.
6 He must not break off any earth to splash into the water.
7 He affected immediately to break off all direct correspondence with the emperor.
8 He preferred to break off the negotiation, and again retired from court.
9 I want Olympos. He would break off to cough a heaving cough.
10 I must break off my engagement-whateverit costs and however she suffers.
11 It is best to break off all associations there-hewishes it himself.
12 If he declined to accept, I should break off the whole thing.
13 I must break off here abruptly, for the mail threatens to close.
14 A burst of laughter from a distance made him break off short.
15 Even a rotten old log has to go and break off short-
16 My mind again wanders away to my vengeances, and I break off .
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