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