shot in the arm

The Covid vaccine gave Pfizer a shot in the arm in 2021 and 2022 after the patents on its blockbuster drugs Lyrica and Viagra expired.

Sally Themans, from Love Bridgnorth, which promotes the town, said: "We hope that it'll bring tourists, it will give the businesses a shot in the arm that they really need and put Bridgnorth on the map again."

The collaboration is a shot in the arm for American semiconductor manufacturing ambitions, especially at a time when China is starting to forbid the use of Nvidia’s chips to reduce its dependence on U.S. technology.

Her victory was a shot in the arm for a nascent activist left.

Either way, the glut of deep-pocketed tourists should serve as a shot in the arm to a luxury market that has been waning since the COVID-19 pandemic.