Speakur

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raising oneself up by one's bootstraps

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.24 in modern English

Syllables
rais-ing one-self up by one's -boot-straps
IPA
47
Scrabble Score
32
Letters
5
Syllables
15
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of raise oneself up by one's bootstraps

Questions

What does raising oneself up by one's bootstraps mean?
present participle and gerund of raise oneself up by one's bootstraps

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