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The ones I received were in tight bud and didn't begin to look tired until day seven.

Something which must be nipped in the bud at once.

We know how to nip most of them in the bud, early.

But they want to nip any such thing in the bud.

So many of the environmental problems can be nipped in the bud.

And he sort of nipped that in the bud right away.

Good thing we nipped it in the bud, he thought.

That would have nipped the whole thing in the bud.

Then it was seen that these were flowers, roses in the bud.

Now, I believe that problems should be nipped in the bud.