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n. (alternative spelling of kick start English) vb. (alternative spelling of kick start English)
Usage examples of "kick-start".
Thinking maybe a change of scene would kick-start him, the dust and the broncs with their nuts cinched up, the gimpy rednecked riders.
If it came to it, I only needed a few seconds - whereas the Carls would take about an hour to get those ridiculous bodies kick-started into action.
So now it was Cathy's reversal of form which kick-started the media into duel mode again.
Relay coach Nancy Atterton had been right back then: the upsetting omission from the Tokyo relay team had kick-started Cathy's marvellous career.
Manfred kick-started the motorcycle and drove southwards into the night.
We’re sort of kick-starting the process to bring some order back to the people.
On the other side, Vyotsky began the incredibly slow process of mounting the machine, kick-starting its engine into life.
Panic was kick-starting my adrenal glands and riding them around my body like a couple of circus motorcycles in a round steel cage.
Solar ultra-violet seems to trigger the process: kick-starts it, before the energy density gets high enough to self-sustain.