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to nip something in the bud
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остановить что-то до того, как оно получит возможность утвердиться
to immediately prevent something, particularly something problematic, before it has time to develop
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Idiom
Informal
Example
Inflation will only get worse if the government does n't do something right now to nip it in the bud.
It's important to nip this problem in the bud.
