Wiktionary
kick-started
vb. (en-pastkick-start)
Usage examples of "kick-started".
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.