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WordReference English-Chinese Dictionary © 2019: | 主要翻译 | | nip [sth] in the bud v exprverbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end." | figurative (stop developing further) | 把…掐死在摇篮中
| | | | 把…扼杀在萌芽状态
| | | Her son took up smoking, but she nipped that in the bud by making him smoke an entire pack. |
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