lift oneself up by one's bootstraps

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lift oneself up by one's bootstraps (third-person singular simple present lifts oneself up by one's bootstraps, present participle lifting oneself up by one's bootstraps, simple past and past participle lifted oneself up by one's bootstraps)

  1. Alternative form of pull oneself up by one's bootstraps
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