kick-start

kick-start |kɪk stɑrt | ▶verb [ with obj. ] start (an engine on a motorcycle ) with a downward thrust of a pedal. • provide the initial impetus to: they need to kick-start the economy. ▶noun (also kick start or kick starter ) a device to start an engine by the downward thrust of a pedal, as in older motorcycles. • an act of starting an engine in this way. • an impetus given to get a process or thing started or restarted: new investment will provide the kick-start needed to escape from recession.

kick-start

kick-start ▶verb [ with obj. ] start (a motorcycle engine ) with a downward thrust of a pedal. • provide an impetus to start or resume (a process ): they need to kick-start the economy. ▶noun a device to start an engine by the downward thrust of a pedal, as in older motorcycles. • an act of kick-starting an engine. • an impetus given to start or resume a process: new investment will provide the kick-start needed to escape from recession.

kick-start

kick-start verb if the project isn't kick-started soon, it's going to be dropped altogether: start up, fire up, jump-start, turn on, get something moving, get something off the ground, energize.