strangle sth at birth

Examples (10)

• This project should have been strangled at birth.
• The new policy aims to strangle corruption at birth.
• They tried to strangle the protest movement at its birth.
• Such a radical idea might be strangled at birth by conservative forces.
• It's essential to identify and strangle problems at birth before they grow.
• The dictator ruthlessly strangled any opposition at birth.
• If we don't act now, this initiative will be strangled at birth.
• His innovative proposal was strangled at birth by bureaucratic red tape.
• Don't let fear strangle your dreams at birth.
• The government's quick response helped to strangle the economic crisis at birth.