Speakur

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pulled oneself up by one's own bootstraps

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.24 in modern English

Syllables
pulled one-self up by one's own -boot-straps
IPA
54
Scrabble Score
34
Letters
4
Syllables
15
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past and past participle of pull oneself up by one's own bootstraps

Questions

What does pulled oneself up by one's own bootstraps mean?
simple past and past participle of pull oneself up by one's own bootstraps

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