Pull Yourself up by Your Bootstraps.
English
idiom
To improve your own situation without any help.
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To improve your own situation without any help.
Trusted by1.5M+English learners & teachers worldwide
To improve your situation through your own effort and determination, without help from others.
When you pull yourself up by your bootstraps, you achieve success through hard work alone, starting from a difficult or humble position.
It is often used to praise self-reliance or to encourage someone to take initiative.
"Self-made"
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Having achieved success through personal effort without inherited advantage
"Pick Yourself Up"
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To recover emotionally after a setback and start again
"Pull Yourself up by Your Bootstraps"
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To improve your situation entirely through your own hard work and effort
I feel like no one at work is giving me a real opportunity to grow.
Sometimes you have to pull yourself up by your bootstraps — take on a visible project and show what you can do.
I'm waiting for the right moment to start my business.
The right moment doesn't come — you have to pull yourself up by your bootstraps and start before you're ready.
My grandfather came here with nothing and built a business from scratch — a real bootstrap story.
That kind of determination is rare. You must be so proud of him.
