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foreshorten verb [ fɔːˈʃɔːt(ə)n ]

• portray or show (an object or view) as closer than it is or as having less depth or distance, as an effect of perspective or the angle of vision.
• "seen from the road, the mountain is greatly foreshortened"
• prematurely or dramatically shorten or reduce (something) in time or scale.
• "our experience is that it is usually a mistake to try to foreshorten the process"


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