raise oneself up by one's own bootstraps (English, verb)
expansion: raise oneself up by one's own bootstraps (third-person singular simple present raises oneself up by one's own bootstraps, present participle raising oneself up by one's own bootstraps, simple past and past participle raised oneself up by one's own bootstraps)
Senses:
glosses: Alternative form of pull oneself up by one's bootstraps.
tags: alt-of
alternative
Forms:
form: raises oneself up by one's own bootstraps
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: raising oneself up by one's own bootstraps
tags: participle
present
form: raised oneself up by one's own bootstraps
tags: participle
past
form: raised oneself up by one's own bootstraps
tags: past