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"(transitive) To interrupt or curtail before the planned end time."
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"lang": "German",
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"To stop someone from finishing what they are saying."
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"(transitive) To stop someone from finishing what they are saying."
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"Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cut, short."
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"(transitive) To interrupt or curtail before the planned end time."
],
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"(transitive) To stop someone from finishing what they are saying."
],
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"Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cut, short."
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"sense": "to curtail",
"word": "beenden"
},
{
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"sense": "to curtail",
"word": "verkürzen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to curtail",
"word": "abbrechen"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to curtail",
"word": "inaki"
},
{
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"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to curtail",
"word": "keremutu"
},
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"sense": "to interrupt and stop so. from speaking on and on",
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],
"word": "jmdm. das Wort abschneiden"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to interrupt and stop so. from speaking on and on",
"word": "jmdm. ins Wort fallen"
},
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"sense": "to interrupt and stop so. from speaking on and on",
"word": "cortar"
},
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"word": "cut short"
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