kick-start
verb
kick-started; kick-starting; kick-starts
1
: to start (something, such as a motorcycle) by means of a kick-starter
kick start
noun
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Or trade him in the next seven weeks and get something in return to kick-start the retool.
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Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 4 Mar. 2025
During spring bloom, an upsurge in photosynthesizing algae and other microbes kick-starts the Arctic ecosystem, fueling a yearly revel, with tiny crustaceans, fish, seals, birds, polar bears, whales, and more.
—Asher Elbein, WIRED, 2 Mar. 2025
Two challenge losses isn’t the best way to kick-start a Survivor season, but that was the Vula tribe’s fate in the season premiere of Survivor 48.
—Nick Caruso, TVLine, 26 Feb. 2025
Passage of the package is crucial to kick-starting the process.
—Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 26 Feb. 2025
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Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 4 Mar. 2025
During spring bloom, an upsurge in photosynthesizing algae and other microbes kick-starts the Arctic ecosystem, fueling a yearly revel, with tiny crustaceans, fish, seals, birds, polar bears, whales, and more.
—Asher Elbein, WIRED, 2 Mar. 2025
Two challenge losses isn’t the best way to kick-start a Survivor season, but that was the Vula tribe’s fate in the season premiere of Survivor 48.
—Nick Caruso, TVLine, 26 Feb. 2025
Passage of the package is crucial to kick-starting the process.
—Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 26 Feb. 2025
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“Kick-start.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kick-start. Accessed 17 Mar. 2025.
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