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nipped in the bud
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Etymology and Origins
Nipped in the Bud
While a flower is in the bud it may be destroyed by a mere nip of the fingers. Afterwards its leaves would have to be plucked separately. To curb mischief or a bad habit at the very commencement is therefore the easier plan.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of nipped in the bud in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of nipped in the bud in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of nipped in the bud in a Sentence
Why not cry out loud now for the whole world to come to our aid and make sure that the Boko Haram insurgency and their senseless abductions are nipped in the bud.
This should have been nipped in the bud a year and a half ago, the controversy is polarizing the customer, polarizing the country.
Yesterday was Chibok, the day before yesterday it was somewhere in the north, today it could be another town. Tomorrow it could be my village, why not cry out loud now for the whole world to come to our aid and make sure that the Boko Haram insurgency and their senseless abductions are nipped in the bud.
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