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ALL meanings of pull oneself by one's bootstraps

boot·strap
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  • noun pull oneself by one's bootstraps a loop of leather or cloth sewn at the top rear, or sometimes on each side, of a boot to facilitate pulling it on. 1
  • noun pull oneself by one's bootstraps a means of advancing oneself or accomplishing something: He used his business experience as a bootstrap to win voters. 1
  • adjective pull oneself by one's bootstraps relying entirely on one's efforts and resources: The business was a bootstrap operation for the first ten years. 1
  • adjective pull oneself by one's bootstraps self-generating or self-sustaining: a bootstrap process. 1
  • verb with object pull oneself by one's bootstraps Computers. boot1 (defs 24, 28). 1
  • verb with object pull oneself by one's bootstraps to help (oneself) without the aid of others: She spent years bootstrapping herself through college. 1
  • idioms pull oneself by one's bootstraps pull oneself up by one's bootstraps, to help oneself without the aid of others; use one's resources: I admire him for pulling himself up by his own bootstraps. 1
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