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shot in the arm
- Something that boosts one's spirits: “After my recent financial troubles, that raise was a real shot in the arm.”
Example Sentences
It was a real shot in the arm and that week went by really fast, and I went back through Leeds and I finished off my boxing movie, and then went into “The Thursday Murder Club.”
Video showed her lying prone on the street as an officer handcuffed her, noting that she had been shot in the arm.
So now they are to be given more opportunities to splurge with special trains designed to take them to sites they might not normally visit - parts of the country further afield, which need a financial shot in the arm.
Sir Keir Starmer said the "milestone is a shot in the arm for our plan to get the NHS back on its feet and cut waiting times", while NHS England chief Amanda Pritchard, said there was "much more to do to slash waiting times for patients".
In a time when local economies could desperately use a shot in the arm, it was tough to see such a lukewarm approach to tourism for a city that has endured so much suffering.
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