Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is stem this tide and its meaning is “to stop or reverse a rapidly growing negative trend before it causes more damage; arrest, curb, contain, halt, check, curtail, stymie, thwart”.
Example Sentence: Clearly, not enough is being done to stem this tide of growing childhood obesity. The World Obesity Federation calls for greater action and emphasis on monitoring in terms of marketing restrictions and sugar levies on packaged food products. Experts have also called for restrictions on marketing packaged foods to children,…
This phrase is present in Catch them young: On overweight or obese children in India and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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