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• kick-start — kick starts, kick starting, kick started also kickstart 1) VERB To kick start a process that has stopped working or progressing is to take a course of action that will quickly start it going again. [V n] The President has chosen to kick start the …   English dictionary

• kick-start — UK / US verb [transitive] Word forms kick start : present tense I/you/we/they kick start he/she/it kick starts present participle kick starting past tense kick started past participle kick started 1) to start a motorcycle by pressing your foot… …   English dictionary

• kick — 1. The word kick has provided some powerful metaphors over the years. In recent use, the image of starting a motorcycle by the downward thrust on a pedal (a kick start) has been vividly applied figuratively to mean ‘an impetus given to get a… …   Modern English usage

• Kick-Ass (film) — Kick Ass Theatrical release poster Directed by …   Wikipedia

• Kick-Ass (comics) — Kick Ass Kick Ass #2 (May 2008). Second printing variant cover art by John Romita, Jr. Publication information Publisher Icon (Marvel) …   Wikipedia

• kick up — {v.}, {informal} To show signs of not working right. * /John had had too much to eat and his stomach started to kick up./ * /After working well for a year the air conditioner suddenly started kicking up./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

• kick up — {v.}, {informal} To show signs of not working right. * /John had had too much to eat and his stomach started to kick up./ * /After working well for a year the air conditioner suddenly started kicking up./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

• kick off — {v. phr.} 1. To make the kick that begins a football game. * /John kicked off and the football game started./ 2. {informal} To begin; launch; start. * /The candidate kicked off his campaign with a speech on television./ * /The fund raising drive… …   Dictionary of American idioms

• kick off — {v. phr.} 1. To make the kick that begins a football game. * /John kicked off and the football game started./ 2. {informal} To begin; launch; start. * /The candidate kicked off his campaign with a speech on television./ * /The fund raising drive… …   Dictionary of American idioms

• kick off — ► kick off (of a football match) be started or resumed by a player kicking the ball from the centre spot. Main Entry: ↑kick …   English terms dictionary

• kick into gear — If  something kicks into gear, it gets going or started …   The small dictionary of idiomes