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    foreshorten
    /fɔːˈʃɔːt(ə)n/

    verb

    • 1. 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"
    • 2. 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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