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are nipping
noun
A small quantity of something edible or a potable liquor.
synonyms
Exact(46)
Hot young companies are nipping at its heels.
Medical bills are nipping at the couple's heels.
But other states are nipping at New York's heels.
Customers are suddenly hyperconscious of value, and new low-price competitors are nipping at your heels.
INSIDE TRACK: -- Still the leader of the pack, but the wolves are nipping at its wheels.
Many more Swedes are visiting the art galleries and cafés of Copenhagen; more Danes are nipping northwards over the strait.
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The sooner that such things are nipped in the bud, the better.
Vice is nipping at virtue's heels.
They're nipping and tucking it instead.
Trenton is nipping at your heels.
But now a British upstart is nipping at its heels.
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