~ (sth to sth) to make sth shorter; to become shorter:
[VN] Injury problems could shorten his career. * a shortened version of the game * Her name's Katherine, generally shortened to Kay. * [V] In November the temperatures drop and the days shorten.
OPPLENGTHEN
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