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take oneself up by one's own ears

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.43 in modern English

Syllables
take one-self up by one's own ears
IPA
43
Scrabble Score
26
Letters
2
Syllables
15
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Synonym of pull oneself up by one's bootstraps.

Inflected Forms

takes oneself up by one's own ears (present, singular) taking oneself up by one's own ears (participle, present) took oneself up by one's own ears (past) taken oneself up by one's own ears (participle, past)

Synonyms

pull oneself up by one's bootstraps

Questions

What does take oneself up by one's own ears mean?
Synonym of pull oneself up by one's bootstraps.

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