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push-start

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Definition of push-start

verb

[with object]
  • start (a motor vehicle) by pushing it in order to make the engine turn: the bus had been push-started once by the passengers

noun

  • an act of push-starting a motor vehicle: a push start is required to get some of the veteran motorbikes going

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