cut short

cut short (http://definr.com/cut short)

     v 1: interrupt before its natural or planned end; "We had to cut
          short our vacation" [syn: break short, break off]
     2: cause to end earlier than intended; "The spontaneous
        applause cut the singer short"
     3: as of hair; "She wanted her hair cropped short" [syn: crop]
     4: make shorter as if by cutting off; "truncate a word";
        "Erosion has truncated the ridges of the mountains" [syn:
        truncate]
     5: 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" [syn: clip, curtail]