Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

raised oneself up by one's own bootstraps

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.24 in modern English

Syllables
raised one-self up by one's own -boot-straps
IPA
52
Scrabble Score
34
Letters
4
Syllables
16
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

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

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