raise oneself up by one's bootstraps

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Verb

raise oneself up by one's bootstraps (third-person singular simple present raises oneself up by one's bootstraps, present participle raising oneself up by one's bootstraps, simple past and past participle raised oneself up by one's bootstraps)

  1. Alternative form of pull oneself up by one's bootstraps