nipped in the bud

Mr Dooley said the practice of dynamic pricing “must be nipped in the bud before it becomes common practice”.

It reads: "A city built upon mud, a culture built upon profit, free speech nipped in the bud, the minority always guilty."

“It’s organised crime, it’s racism and it needs to be nipped in the bud. It’s the first time in a long time I’ve felt fearful for my children leaving the house on a Saturday afternoon to enjoy themselves and it needs to be addressed.”

"There was an escalating pattern of intimidation that should have been nipped in the bud a lot earlier by enforcing the law against those involved in racist intimidation, not expecting the victims to change their entirely lawful and legitimate activities," he said.

An idea that most everyone else at the company was embarrassed to be associated with was nipped in the bud.