in the bud

The plan is to nip these in the bud.

A boat amnesty scheme could be implemented later this year to "nip the problem in the bud", according to Rob Rogers, the director of operations at the Broads Authority.

"As a statement it's good for Tuchel to say he's my number one, nip it in the bud," said Green, who played for England in the 2010 World Cup.

You can almost hear Trump burping out “Nip it. Nip it. Nip it in the bud,” like a corpulent toad with the face and voice of Deputy Fife.

"They have a lot of money. They can move at pace and at scale and we have to use our intelligence and work with partners to try and nip that in the bud and stop it as soon as possible where we can, and then bring people to justice where we catch them."