kick-start
also kickstart
Word forms: kick-starts , kick-starting , kick-started
1. verb
To kick-start a process that has stopped working or progressing is to take a course of action that will quickly start it going again.
The President has chosen to kick-start the economy by slashing interest rates. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: stimulate, encourage, prompt, spur
Kick-start is also a noun.
The housing market needs a kick-start.
2. verb
If you kick-start a motorcycle, you press the lever that starts it with your foot.
He lifted the bike off its stand and kick-started it. [VERB noun]
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Collocations:
kick-start the economy
The call for unlocking based on age groups would not be the best route to kick-start the economy.
Times,Sunday Times
Industry chiefs said these would do little to kick-start the economy.
Times, Sunday Times
She keeps saying the phrase 'kick-start the economy'.
Times, Sunday Times
He believes that tax cuts are needed to kick-start the economy, and that these should be financed by deeper and faster reductions in public spending.
Times, Sunday Times
Only by spending money can we kick-start the economy.
The Sun
Translations:
Chinese: 重振
Japanese: 弾みをつけて再開させる
- positive portrayal
- positive praise
- positive psychology
- positive publicity
- positive rating
- positive reaction
- positive reception
- positive reinforcement
- positive relationship
- positive response
- positive result
- positive review
- positive role
- positive score
- positive self-image
- positive sentiment
- positive side
- positive spin
- positive statement
- positive step
- positive thing
- positive thinker
- positive thought
- positive trend
- positive vibe