take oneself up by one's own ears (English, verb)
expansion: take oneself up by one's own ears (third-person singular simple present takes oneself up by one's own ears, present participle taking oneself up by one's own ears, simple past took oneself up by one's own ears, past participle taken oneself up by one's own ears)
Senses:
glosses: Synonym of pull oneself up by one's bootstraps.
Forms:
form: takes oneself up by one's own ears
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: taking oneself up by one's own ears
tags: participle
present
form: took oneself up by one's own ears
tags: past
form: taken oneself up by one's own ears
tags: participle
past