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| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : boost |
| Phonetic Transcription : bust |
Definition of boosting
Origin :- 1815, literal and figurative, American English, of unknown origin. Related: Boosted; boosting. As a noun by 1825.
- verb further, improve
- verb push, usually up
- verb increase
- Somebody, the policeman probably, was boosting her from behind.
- Extract from : « The Paliser case » by Edgar Saltus
- What's your idea in boosting him by putting him next to a winning proposition?
- Extract from : « Rival Pitchers of Oakdale » by Morgan Scott
- "And that's all the thanks I get for boosting the old fund," said the Codfish to himself.
- Extract from : « Frank Armstrong at College » by Matthew M. Colton
- We are glad to see that you are boosting our magazine; thanks for your enthusiasm.
- Extract from : « The Fantasy Fan December 1933 » by Charles D. Hornig
- Yet what a fascination there is in boosting your own side up.
- Extract from : « Camping » by Alexandra G. Lockwine
- I guess society has landed you a few while I was boosting you over the outworks.
- Extract from : « The Fighting Chance » by Robert W. Chambers
- The thing that struck me most on my first visit to California was that boosting instinct.
- Extract from : « The Californiacs » by Inez Haynes Irwin
- Or else why didn't they have boosting night the same for all departments?
- Extract from : « The Very Secret Agent » by Mari Wolf
- By some trick or other, the Dunton people are boosting the stock again.
- Extract from : « The Wreckers » by Francis Lynde
- The wind, boosting him across the threshold, slammed the door after him.
- Extract from : « Curlie Carson Listens In » by Roy J. Snell
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