pull the ladder up behind oneself (English, verb)
expansion: pull the ladder up behind oneself (third-person singular simple present pulls the ladder up behind oneself, present participle pulling the ladder up behind oneself, simple past and past participle pulled the ladder up behind oneself)
Senses:
glosses: To prevent others from attaining or benefiting from the same advantages, opportunities, or rights as oneself.
tags: idiomatic
Forms:
form: pulls the ladder up behind oneself
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: pulling the ladder up behind oneself
tags: participle
present
form: pulled the ladder up behind oneself
tags: participle
past
form: pulled the ladder up behind oneself
tags: past
form: pull the ladder up after oneself
tags: alternative
form: pull up the ladder behind oneself
tags: alternative
form: pull up the ladder
tags: alternative