lift oneself up by one's own bootstraps (English, verb)
expansion: lift oneself up by one's own bootstraps (third-person singular simple present lifts oneself up by one's own bootstraps, present participle lifting oneself up by one's own bootstraps, simple past and past participle lifted 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: lifts oneself up by one's own bootstraps
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: lifting oneself up by one's own bootstraps
tags: participle
present
form: lifted oneself up by one's own bootstraps
tags: participle
past
form: lifted oneself up by one's own bootstraps
tags: past