in the bud

An amendment to the penal code was demanded by the Jewish Power party and signed off by the Knesset's National Security Committee, which said in a statement that its purpose was to "nip terrorism in the bud and create a weighty deterrent".

But it compounds a sense that Arsenal are experiencing a "blip" and need to nip it in the bud before it becomes more than that.

Years later, when it appeared their feud might be heating up again, the two NBA greats took to social media to nip that notion in the bud.

She said that if managers employed people who did not know how to behave, they had a responsibility to take them to one side, and nip issues in the bud as soon as possible.

"I wanted to make sure it was nipped in the bud," she said.