as in to stimulate
to give life, vigor, or spirit to
an intentionally provocative comment that was supposed to jump-start the discussion
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Recent Examples of jump-start
While our skin naturally exfoliates itself, physical exfoliators jump-start the process by sloughing away dead skin cells.
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Alanna Martine Kilkeary, Glamour, 29 Jan. 2025
Some even offer motorboat tows to jump-start your trip.
—Kyle Stokes, Axios, 27 Jan. 2025
There was a hop, a skip and a jump-start for Newcastle.
—George Caulkin, The Athletic, 25 Jan. 2025
Previous prisoner releases have been viewed as a means to jump-start talks over permanently ending Yemen’s decade-long war, which began when the Houthis seized the country’s capital, Sanaa, in 2014.
—Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2025
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Alanna Martine Kilkeary, Glamour, 29 Jan. 2025
Some even offer motorboat tows to jump-start your trip.
—Kyle Stokes, Axios, 27 Jan. 2025
There was a hop, a skip and a jump-start for Newcastle.
—George Caulkin, The Athletic, 25 Jan. 2025
Previous prisoner releases have been viewed as a means to jump-start talks over permanently ending Yemen’s decade-long war, which began when the Houthis seized the country’s capital, Sanaa, in 2014.
—Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for jump-start
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“Jump-start.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jump-start. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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