kick-start

verb [T]

Definition

› 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.

kick-start noun [C, usually singular] › Our business got a welcome kick-start from the tax rebate program.

(Definition of kick-start verb from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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