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