: to end (something) earlier than expected We had to cut our vacation short. The speech was cut short.

How do you use short cut in a sentence?

A spokesman said the flight had been cut short by technical problems. His ministerial career was cut short within a year. His last mission was a success, despite being cruelly cut short.

Was short on meaning?

phrase. If someone or something is short on a particular good quality, they do not have as much of it as you think they should have. [disapproval] He was very short on enthusiasm. The proposals were short on detail.