push-start
Britishverb
noun
Example Sentences
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And he had containers of water from the Utah Olympic Park Track that he and Bromley used to replicate the ice and conditions in Salt Lake City at the university’s push-start track.
From New York Times • Feb. 10, 2022
When a group of fans in Norwich watched him push-start the broken-down pickup he shared with a teammate, he shook it off as paying his dues.
From Washington Post • Aug. 26, 2016
"Businesses are collapsing, and the economy will need a real big push-start to get going again," said an accountant winding down tube-making firm BMA Fasteners and Tube and Pipe in Harare.
From Reuters • Nov. 15, 2013
On Tuesday, soldiers in khaki fatigues had to push-start Kaidi's battered car.
From The Guardian • Jul. 25, 2012
Slipping into the driver's seat, depressing the brake pedal, and pressing the push-start button unleashes that Aston Martin sound and fury.
From BusinessWeek • Nov. 17, 2006
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