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lifting oneself up by one's boot-tags

lifting oneself up by one's boot-tags is the present participle of lift oneself up by one's boot-tags.

Meaning of lift oneself up by one's boot-tags

Verb

lift oneself up by one's boot-tags (third-person singular simple present lifts oneself up by one's boot-tags, present participle lifting oneself up by one's boot-tags, simple past and past participle lifted oneself up by one's boot-tags)

  1. Synonym of pull oneself up by one's bootstraps.

Questions about lifting oneself up by one's boot-tags

What is lifting oneself up by one's boot-tags the present participle of?
Lifting oneself up by one's boot-tags is the present participle of lift oneself up by one's boot-tags.

Words near lifting oneself up by one's boot-tags in the dictionary

  1. lifting gas
  2. lifting gases
  3. lifting gasses
  4. lifting off
  5. lifting one's game
  6. lifting oneself up by one's boot-tags
  7. lifting oneself up by one's bootstraps
  8. lifting oneself up by one's own boot-tags
  9. lifting oneself up by one's own bootstraps
  10. lifting oneself up by one's own waistbands
  11. lifting shop

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