pull oneself up by the bootstraps

pull oneself up by the bootstraps or pull oneself up by one's own bootstraps  {adv. phr.}
To succeed without help; succeed by your own efforts.
He had to pull himself up by the bootstraps.
Categories: {adv. phr.}
Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms
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