Synonyms for jump-start
jump-start

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1. jump-startverb

   Synonyms:
   boost

2. jump-startverb

   To start a motor vehicle by passing an electrical current from a charged battery to the discharged battery of the vehicle being started, by means of a booster cable connecting the two batteries.

   I left my headlights on all night. Could you give me a jump-start?

   Synonyms:
   boost

3. jump-startverb

   To reactivate or rejuvenate.

   Giving a really good speech at the convention could jump-start her political career.

   Synonyms:
   boost

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1. jumpstart, jump-startverb

   starting an automobile engine that has a weak battery by means of jumper cables to another car

   "my battery was dead so I had to get a jumpstart from my neighbor"

   Synonyms:
   jumpstart

2. jumpstart, jump-start, jumpverb

   start (a car engine whose battery is dead) by connecting it to another car's battery

   Synonyms:
   rise, skip over, startle, pass over, chute, jumpstart, bound, alternate, spring, leap, start, stick out, parachute, stand out, climb up, skip, jump out, jump off, derail, leap out, jump

3. jumpstart, jump-startverb

   start or re-start vigorously

   "The Secretary of State intends to jumpstart the Middle East Peace Process"

   Synonyms:
   jump, jumpstart

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1. List of paraphrases for "jump-start":

   reactivate, revive, kick-start

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How to use jump-start in a sentence?

1. Lisa Callahan:

   This approach delivers an earlier landing capability featuring reusable technology that also lays a foundation for a future expanded, sustainable human presence at the moon, this is an aggressive but achievable schedule and could be the catalyst to help jump-start a new era of human exploration of the moon, Mars and beyond.

2. Pope Francis:

   There is something that is not working in that bulky union, but let’s not throw the baby out with the bath water, let’s try to jump-start things, to re-create.

3. Le Maire:

   A WTO reform is one of France's top priorities. Because it's better to solve trade issues within a multilateral body than in a bilateral way, france is ready to support all efforts allowing a jump-start of WTO reform negotiations and the solving of the problems affecting its dispute settlement body.

4. President Trump:

   Bucks County residents needed to do something to jump-start this economy, and everybody's benefiting.

5. Helen Fisher:

   A lot of young people now don’t want to spend time going out with somebody unless they get to know them physically first, you can learn a lot about people between the sheets. Are they kind? Can they listen? Do they have a sense of humor? Millennials are using sex as an interview tool and even a courtship tool to jump-start a relationship.