Question
Select the most appropriate idiom in the given context
to fill in the sentence. I could make out that the conversation was leading to a fight so I____________.Solution
I could make out that the conversation was leading to a fight so I nipped it in the bud. nip in the bud: to stop something at an early stage cut corners: to do something quickly and not as well as you should make a song and dance: to make something more important than it is so
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