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lift oneself up by one's own bootstraps

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.24 in modern English

Syllables
lift one-self up by one's own -boot-straps
IPA
52
Scrabble Score
32
Letters
4
Syllables
15
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

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

Inflected Forms

lifts oneself up by one's own bootstraps (present, singular) lifting oneself up by one's own bootstraps (participle, present) lifted oneself up by one's own bootstraps (participle, past) lifted oneself up by one's own bootstraps (past)

Questions

What does lift oneself up by one's own bootstraps mean?
Alternative form of pull oneself up by one's bootstraps.

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