0 to make the engine of a motorcycle start by forcefully pushing down a metal bar with your foot
1 to make something start to happen or start to develop more quickly:
2 a metal bar that you push down forcefully with your foot to make the engine of a motorcycle start
3 to make something start to happen, happen more quickly, or improve:
Taxes were drastically cut in an attempt to kick-start the economy.
A substantial pay rise for every nurse would kick-start recruitment and encourage others to stay.
He has attempted to kick-start growth via public spending projects.
There was an idea that radiation could kick-start the body's defenses and improve health.
They're trying to kickstart their tourism back into gear after the tsunami.
They collaborated on a demo tape of a song in hopes it would kickstart their singing careers.
Interactive agricultural mechanisation has not been given much of a kick-start.
Physiotherapists can use this time and the impetus of a new treatment to kick-start a stalled patient's progress.
It was also based on the optimistic assumption that it was possible to kick-start growth through redistribution, while, at the same time, redirecting but not increasing government expenditure.
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