One disengaged worker can affect the morale of the entire team. Nip it in the bud. Don't let it fester.

We're hopeful that Florida's congressional delegation will nip this one in the bud.

Obviously, we're going to try to nip this in the bud as quickly as possible.

We want to nip this in the bud so that Chuck's directive can be changed. We are meeting with the Pueblo Lodging Association next week and we want to make sure we do everything we can to maintain our relationship with CHSAA.

Anything that's going to be detrimental to the district (we should) go on record to nip it in the bud.

He's felt it for a couple weeks. We're just going to nip it in the [bud] now. It's bothered him slightly the last couple starts. It's just nagging him.