a shot in the arm
something that has a sudden and positive effect on something, providing encouragement and new activity:
Fresh investment would provide the shot in the arm that this industry so badly needs.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Making things better
- add salt to sth idiom
- allay
- alleviate
- ameliorate
- assuage
- heal
- mitigate
- mollify
- more
- palliate
- patch sth up
- redeem
- relieve
- salve
- spice sth up
- sting
- straighten
- straighten sb out
- streamline
- sugar-coated
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