jump-startverb [ T ]
uk/ˈdʒʌmp.stɑːt/us/ˈdʒʌmp.stɑːrt/jump-start verb [ T ] (CAR)
to start a car engine by pushing the car or by using jump leads
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push-start
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On the road: driving & operating road vehicles
- aquaplaning
- back sth up
- boxed in
- bump start
- bus driver
- car seat
- carve
- corner
- dip
- driver
- driving
- foot
- manoeuvring
- motor
- motorist
- mph
- pull away
- running costs
- scorch
- turning circle
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jump-start verb [ T ] (SITUATION)
to improve a situation by taking a particular action:
Companies want lower interest rates to jump-start the nation's weak economy.
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Dealing with things or people
- attend to sb/sth
- beard the lion (in his/her den) idiom
- come up against sth
- come/get to grips with sth idiom
- confront
- cut
- firefight
- firefighting
- get sth in
- inherit
- overcome
- process
- reckon
- reckon with sb/sth
- see about sth
- see to sth/sb
- set about sth
- square
- turn
- weather
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jump-start
noun [ C usually singular ] ukus