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
That sets up the kind of clown-car spectacle that a Chief Justice Roberts—who would prefer to participate in this senate trial from behind a bulletproof screen—would perhaps be moved to nip in the bud.
From Slate • Jan. 15, 2020
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
The company wants to nip in the bud what it fears could be more regulatory oversight.
From Washington Post • Jan. 25, 2011
The War Department, as says Potter, bristles with secessionists, and with them the old, rotten, respectable relics, preserved by General Scott, depress and nip in the bud all the young, patriotic, and genuine capacities.
From Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 by De Gurowski, Adam G., count
