| Not only do they want to maintain complete control, they also want to nip in the bud anything and anybody who steps outside the political straitjacket. |
| But he's a tardy would-be assassin – she had already published the blog he was trying to nip in the bud. |
| In our view, we should also consider a global system of strategic commodity reserves in order to nip in the bud any speculative tendencies. |
| We should pay attention to a cold so as to nip in the bud any secondary complications like pneumonia or other respiratory infections. |
| By trying to re-direct the flows of gas towards its territory in a major way, Moscow hopes to nip in the bud the competing projects supported by the Western countries which are seeking greater energy independence. |
| As a good English person, Ashton will have done everything to nip in the bud any vague impulse towards European defence. |
