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bootstraps
noun(boot-strap)
a looped strap sewed at the side or the rear top of a boot to help in pulling it on
bootstraps
noun(boot-strap)
unaided efforts —often used in the phrase by one's own bootstraps
bootstraps
verb(boot-strap)
to promote or develop by initiative and effort with little or no assistance
bootstraps
idiom(boot-strap)
without help from other people : as a result of one's own hard work

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