Speakur

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lifting oneself up by one's own bootstraps

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.24 in modern English

Syllables
lift-ing one-self up by one's own -boot-straps
IPA
56
Scrabble Score
35
Letters
5
Syllables
16
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle of lift oneself up by one's own bootstraps

Questions

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

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