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drag oneself up by one's boot straps

See: PULL ONESELF UP BY THE BOOT STRAPS.

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boot strap

[boot strap] See: [PULL ONESELF UP BY THE BOOTSTRAPS]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

to boot

[to boot] {adv. phr.} In addition; besides; as something extra. * /He not only got fifty dollars, but they bought him dinner to boot./ Compare: [FOR GOOD MEASURE], [IN THE […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

boot hill

[boot hill] {n.} A cemetery in the old Wild West where cowboys and cops and robbers used to be buried with their boots on. Hence, jokingly, any cemetery. * /Good […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

get the boot

[get the boot] or [the gate] or [the sack] See: [GET THE AXE]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

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