jump-start
verb1
To start a motor vehicle with a discharged ("dead") battery by connecting it with jumper cables to an alternate source of electrical current, generally either the charged battery of another vehicle or a purpose-made device ("hotshot").
2
Figuratively To reactivate or rejuvenate.
- Giving a really good speech at the convention could jump-start her political career.
- ‘That debt means we can’t access credit to jump-start the economy as needed.’2022, NoViolet Bulawayo, Glory, Chatto & Windus, page 262: