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Select the option that best conveys the meaning of the

bold idiom in the sentence. By holding talks with the rebel leaders who were planning protests, they managed to nip things in the bud.

A Plant trees together

B Stop things at an early stage

C Defeat them completely

D Write everything in ink clearly

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