Speakur

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lifting oneself up by one's bootstraps

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.24 in modern English

Syllables
lift-ing one-self up by one's -boot-straps
IPA
50
Scrabble Score
32
Letters
5
Syllables
15
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle of lift oneself up by one's bootstraps

Questions

What does lifting oneself up by one's bootstraps mean?
present participle of lift oneself up by one's bootstraps

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