stop the rot

to do something to prevent a situation from continuing to get worse The team had been suffering low morale before Smith was brought in to stop the rot.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Randolf	RAN-dahlf	English
Matthan	-	Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Antanas	-	Lithuanian
Hagen (2)	-	Danish
Hinnerk	-	Low German
Tomi	TO-mee (Finnish)	Finnish, Hungarian, Welsh