pull oneself up by one's own bootstraps (English, verb)
expansion: pull oneself up by one's own bootstraps (third-person singular simple present pulls oneself up by one's own bootstraps, present participle pulling oneself up by one's own bootstraps, simple past and past participle pulled 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: pulls oneself up by one's own bootstraps
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: pulling oneself up by one's own bootstraps
tags: participle
present
form: pulled oneself up by one's own bootstraps
tags: participle
past
form: pulled oneself up by one's own bootstraps
tags: past