nip something in the bud

nip something in the bud
CUT SHORT, curtail, check, curb, thwart, frustrate, stop, halt, arrest, stifle, obstruct, block, squash, quash, subdue, crack down on, stamp out; informal put the kibosh on.
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nip something in the bud informal phrase
to stop a bad situation from becoming worse by taking action at an early stage of its development

We need to nip this bad behaviour in the bud.

Thesaurus: to stop something from continuing or developingsynonym to kill a person or animalsynonym
Main entry: nip

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suppress or destroy something, esp. at an early stage

the idea has been nipped in the bud at the local level

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nip (something) in the bud — see ↑nip, 1
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Main Entry: ↑bud
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nip (something) in the bud
informal : to stop (something) immediately so that it does not become a worse problem

Inflation will only get worse if the government doesn't do something right now to nip it in the bud.

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Main Entry: ↑nip

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nip sth in the ˈbud idiom
to stop sth when it has just begun because you can see that problems will come from it
Main entry: ↑nipidiom

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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