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Boost

noun
1.
The act of giving hope or support to someone.  Synonym: encouragement.
2.
An increase in cost.  Synonyms: cost increase, hike, rise.
3.
The act of giving a push.
verb
(past & past part. boosted; pres. part. boosting)
1.
Increase.  Synonyms: hike, hike up.
2.
Give a boost to; be beneficial to.
3.
Contribute to the progress or growth of.  Synonyms: advance, encourage, further, promote.
4.
Increase or raise.  Synonyms: advance, supercharge.
5.
Push or shove upward, as if from below or behind.



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"Boost" Quotes from Famous Books



... competent that you can attend to all else yourselves. We will cut out the expensive news service we have heretofore indulged in and dispense with the private telegraph wire. Joe Wegg says he'll furnish you with what power you need free of all charge, because the paper will boost Millville's interests, with which his own interests are identified. Now, then, tell me what you think ...
— Aunt Jane's Nieces on Vacation • Edith Van Dyne
... she retorted to the last sally, which happened to be Chas's. "There are swains in this town who might boost their standing a little if only they'd patronize the florist ...
— V. V.'s Eyes • Henry Sydnor Harrison
... the fretful pig, and much more in cash that I won at poker from the pashas. When that's gone I've got to go to work and earn my living. Meanwhile your salary is a hundred a week and all you need to boost Gilman and the Order of the Crescent. We are now the Gilman Defense, Publicity, and Development Committee, and you will begin by introducing me to the ...
— The Red Cross Girl • Richard Harding Davis
... Jack, "the very idea! Why, Aunt Mary, you know you can skin up there just like a cat if you only make up your mind to it. Here, Mitchell, give her a boost and I'll plant her feet firmly. Now—have you got hold of the ...
— The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary • Anne Warner
... Boost talked pretty freely about each other in the absence of such of their fellow clubmen as were under discussion. Barter was spoken of as Steinberg's Mug, Berg's Juggins, Stein's Spoofmarker. It was generally admitted that Stein made a good thing out of him, and ...
— Young Mr. Barter's Repentance - From "Schwartz" by David Christie Murray • David Christie Murray


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