Pull Oneself Up By One's Bootstraps Meaning

Pull Oneself Up By One's Bootstraps is an idiom. The meaning of this idiom is (idiomatic) To begin an enterprise or recover from a setback without any outside help; to succeed only on one's own effort or abilities.. Explore more Idiom Meanings.

Pull Oneself Up By One's Bootstraps

(idiomatic) To begin an enterprise or recover from a setback without any outside help; to succeed only on one's own effort or abilities.

Example :   We can't get a loan, so we'll just have to pull ourselves up by our bootstraps.1834, Workingman’s Advocate, 4 Oct. 1/1:  It is conjectured that Mr. Murphee will now be enabled to hand himself over the Cumberland river or a barn yard fence by the straps of his boots.

Meaning of Pull Oneself Up By One's Bootstraps

Pull Oneself Up By One's Bootstraps is an idiom. It is one of the most commonly used expressions in English writings. Pull Oneself Up By One's Bootstraps stands for (idiomatic) To begin an enterprise or recover from a setback without any outside help; to succeed only on one's own effort or abilities.. Explore Urdupoint to find out more popular Idioms and Idiom Meanings, to amplify your writings

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