lift oneself up by one's bootstraps (English, verb)
expansion: 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)
Senses:
glosses: Alternative form of pull oneself up by one's bootstraps.
tags: alt-of
alternative
Forms:
form: lifts oneself up by one's bootstraps
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: lifting oneself up by one's bootstraps
tags: participle
present
form: lifted oneself up by one's bootstraps
tags: participle
past
form: lifted oneself up by one's bootstraps
tags: past