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
And, meanwhile, nip in the bud what is merely a compound of sympathy and passion.
From A Daughter of the Vine by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn
