Welche Bedeutung steckt hinter der hier vorgestellten Vokabel aus dem Bereich Meetings?

Mentor: 'I've noticed from your attendance sheet that not everyone turned up when your course started last week. We should find out what the reason is, and nip this in the bud. I would really like to see as close to 100% attendance as possible.'

to nip something in the bud

Do you know what it means?

• to stop bad developments early on
• to warn people of a risk
• to offer an incentive