kick-start
verb (used with object)
to start by means of a kick starter.
is kick-starting
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present progressiveof kick-start (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Part of that is kick-starting the kind of interest in soccer that briefly swept the country during the first U.S.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 2026
Ukraine is desperately short of judges, and is kick-starting a long-delayed nationwide hiring spree to fill more than 2,000 vacancies and vet around as many sitting judges for potential malfeasance.
From Reuters ● Oct. 19, 2023
Pennsylvania’s Lower Merion School District is kick-starting the process in kindergarten.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 4, 2020
Meanwhile, Abrams, who is kick-starting a new trilogy, has stocked his cast with multicultural faces.
From MSNBC ● Nov. 30, 2014
Dam removal also is kick-starting broader effects in the ecological systems of the watershed, from its food chain to the home ranges of animals.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 16, 2014
