Nip it in the bud

Meaning: stop something from happening before it gets too far along
Example: When the students decided that they wanted to go on a two week skiing  trip the teacher had to nip it in the bud and tell them that it would not be happening. 
See this Idiom in a story: The Most Unruly Class in the World

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