in the bud
Example Sentences
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"It needs to be nipped in the bud because today's petty thief is tomorrow's bank robber," he says.
From BBC ● May 1, 2026
Hilton Worldwide Holdings appeared earlier this month to have nipped a similar public-relations crisis in the bud.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026
This is why a lot of Jews want to nip that rhetoric in the bud.
From Slate ● Dec. 19, 2025
"If we can nip it in the bud from even one person, then hopefully we could stop them potentially doing more harm to other people."
From BBC ● Dec. 4, 2025
If they had known the various tender passages which had been nipped in the bud, they would have had the immense satisfaction of saying, “I told you so.”
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
