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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
kick-start .
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Examples
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The change of the put-up-or-shut-up deadline to a mandatory four-week period from announcement—from a current system where it is only kick-started on request by the target company—is unpopular among private equity firms on the grounds that completing due diligence and securing financing takes far longer than a month.
Private-Equity Firms Decry Proposed U.K. Deal Rules Liam Vaughan 2011
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The rollout of this product in 1993 by U.S. issuer MBNA kick-started competition and led to a greater variety of cards being offered to consumers in the United Kingdom.
U.S. exported its aggressive credit card fees worldwide 2009
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He joined the student demonstration that kick-started the Velvet Revolution nine months after Reagan left office in 1989.
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Athens kick-started the euro crisis last year when it revealed that a combination of fraudulent accounting and widespread tolerance of tax evasion had saddled the country with a far bigger deficit than anyone had imagined.
Euro Zone Needs to Tackle Its Biggest Deficit—Leadership Simon Nixon 2011
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He joined the student demonstration that kick-started the Velvet Revolution nine months after Reagan left office in 1989.
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It's been a long road: Two years ago, the Anixter Family Foundation kick-started our campaign with a $50,000 gift to replace the school's outdated science curriculum.
Jacqueline Edelberg: Political Will Jacqueline Edelberg 2010
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Friday's skid erases a week of strength for financials, kick-started last week by Warren Buffett 's $5 billion investment in Bank of America.
Financials Hit by Pessimism Chris Dieterich 2011
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Popular movements in France, Sweden and elsewhere have kick-started over similar measures.
UK govt proposes idiotic two-strikes-and-you're-out Internet copyright rule - Boing Boing 2009
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It's been a long road: Two years ago, the Anixter Family Foundation kick-started our campaign with a $50,000 gift to replace the school's outdated science curriculum.
Jacqueline Edelberg: Political Will Jacqueline Edelberg 2010
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He joined the student demonstration that kick-started the Velvet Revolution nine months after Reagan left office in 1989.
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