nip

Example Sentences

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I relied on my accuracy, backing myself to hit the same spot on or outside off stump, with a bit of bounce and nip.

From BBC

“Could you have nipped it in the bud earlier? That is a systems-of-care problem.”

From New York Times

“But I think, to make sure we nip this and don’t have it linger, is very important.”

From Los Angeles Times

Calls to overhaul the environmental act have been rising for decades, but state lawmakers have been loath to delve into the sprawling and complicated statute, nipping and tucking it instead with myriad carve-outs and workarounds.

From New York Times

This means that Scuf’s new controllers will use Microsoft’s dynamic latency input protocol to nip lag in the bud, and they will get all of the firmware updates and improvements as the official Xbox controllers.

From The Verge