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bootstraps

/ˈbuːt.stræps/

Translation

to {haul/pull} oneself up by one's bootstraps
reponerse o lograr progresar por sus propios esfuerzos
(Definition of bootstraps from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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