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We found 3 dictionaries that define the word pull oneself up by one's bootstraps:

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  1. pull oneself up by one's bootstraps: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. pull oneself up by one's bootstraps: Wiktionary
  3. pull oneself up by one's bootstraps, pull oneself up by ones bootstraps: Dictionary.com

Definitions from Wiktionary (pull oneself up by one's bootstraps)

verb:  (idiomatic) To begin an enterprise or recover from a setback without any outside help; to succeed only by one's own efforts or abilities.


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