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
EliŠKa	-	Czech, Slovak
Benson	BEN-sən	English
Maura (1)	MOW-rah (Italian, Spanish)	Italian, Spanish, Late Roman
Witek	-	Polish
Henricus	hen-REE-kus (Dutch)	Ancient Germanic (Latinized), Dutch
Simen	-	Norwegian