cut short in WordNet English dictionary

1. interrupt before its natural or planned end
   "We had to cut short our vacation"
   cut short  break short  break off 
   
2. 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"
   clip  curtail  cut short 
   
3. make shorter as if by cutting off
   "truncate a word"; "Erosion has truncated the ridges of the mountains"
   truncate  cut short 
   
4. cause to end earlier than intended
   "The spontaneous applause cut the singer short"
   cut short 
   

cut short in English Wiktionary