strangle at birth

strangle something at birth

to stop something at an early stage of its development Plans to provide better nursery care are being strangled at birth by lack of funding.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Wessel	-	Frisian, Dutch, German
Alp	AHLP	Turkish
Santeri	SAHN-te-ree	Finnish
Roko	-	Croatian
Kameron	KAM-rən, KAM-ə-rən	English (Modern)
Leila	['li:lə]