nip in the bud
Example Sentences
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This is a rare emergent epidemic that we can still nip in the bud.
From Salon • Oct. 19, 2023
Today, the Since 9/11 charity runs counter-extremism programs in British schools, aiming to nip in the bud the impulses that led to 9/11 and to the attacks that have since taken place in Britain.
From Washington Post • Sep. 10, 2018
Still, to nip in the bud any thought that Merritt might be mistaken for Richardson, "If he cut his hair, I would greatly appreciate it," the lanky Richardson said.
From Reuters • Jun. 27, 2012
But how much potential walking do we nip in the bud with our lack of sidewalks, our dangerous crossings, our unconnected pedestrian networks?
From Slate • Apr. 13, 2012
More than once it enabled me to elude or to nip in the bud dangerous conspiracies, which, if they had gone further, might have proved fatal to me.
From The Captive in Patagonia by Bourne, Benjamin Franklin
