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1. and *a jump(start) battery power to help start someone's car, etc. (*Typically: get \start; have \start; givesomeone \start.) •

My car is stalled. I need to get a start.

I got my car going. I got a jump from John.

2. help in beginning one's career; a first opportunity in the beginning of one's career. (*Typically: get \start; have \start; give someone \start.) •

She got a start in show business in Cincinnati.

She had a start when she was only four.

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See: BY FITS AND STARTS, HEAD START, JACK-RABBIT START, RUNNING START.

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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