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- verb To start a
motor car by pushing it (inneutral ) and engaging agear when it has sufficientvelocity
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Examples
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We then see images of various people doing the right thing, helping someone push-start a broken down car, tired firefighters after fighting a blaze.
Arianna Huffington: Companies and Causes: Social Media Jumpstart a Marketing Revolution Arianna Huffington 2011
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We then see images of various people doing the right thing, helping someone push-start a broken down car, tired firefighters after fighting a blaze.
Arianna Huffington: Companies and Causes: Social Media Jumpstart a Marketing Revolution Arianna Huffington 2011
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At the first tollbooth, the battery died and I had to push-start the van.
When a Billion Chinese Jump Jonathan Watts 2010
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At the first tollbooth, the battery died and I had to push-start the van.
When a Billion Chinese Jump Jonathan Watts 2010
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At the first tollbooth, the battery died and I had to push-start the van.
When a Billion Chinese Jump Jonathan Watts 2010
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SargeDid they keep them in neutral so they could push-start them?
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But, after another push-start in the motel parking lot, we made a dash to Boulder being careful not to turn the engine off the entire way.
Archive 2009-04-01 Marty 2009
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But, after another push-start in the motel parking lot, we made a dash to Boulder being careful not to turn the engine off the entire way.
Blue Sky Velo Darrin 2009
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A push-start for three innovative media ideas - Random Mumblings
links for 2009-07-20 2009
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And yeah, we had to push-start it, like in Little Miss Sunshine.
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