The idiom is "cut you short." That means to interrupt someone.
Example: "I hate to cut you short, but I am due back at the office."
The expression is actually "to cut a sorry figure." It means to be ashamed of one's person or actions.
To Cut a Sorry Figure means, to Make a Poor Impression. Example - "Joe cut a sorry figure when he showed up for his job interview in blue jeans and an old T-shirt."
coup de grace ,French word meaning to put out of one's misery. the guillotine or execution delivered such a blow. Literally ' cut of grace'
to finalize a deal
"Stop it right now!" When you tell someone, "cut it out!" you're not telling them to get a knife and start dissecting. This is an irritated phrase that you use when someone is doing something annoying, dangerous, or anything in general that they shouldn't do. You are telling them to "cut" that behavior or action out of their act. In other words, you're telling them, "Stop it right now!"
It doesn't meet your expectations.
The word is "slain" (life cut short).
its a short cut or doctors language
to be un happy
To curtail can mean to cut short, or cut off a part of something. For example, to curtail a trip would mean to cut short a trip. A synonym to curtail is to cut back.
It means that someone was interrupted. It may be that they are trying to keep a meeting on time, so they cut someone short and move on to the next topic.
Galician: of uncertain origin; probably related to the idiomatic expression a troche y moche 'all over (the place)', 'left and right'; 'on the off-chance', and may be derived from trozar 'to cut up'.