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boot = strapped

• tweakimp 2mo ago
  Until now I thought it was boots-trapped. I am not a native speaker :)
  • crabmusket 2mo ago
    The idiom is to "pull oneself up by one's boot straps": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bootstrapping#Etymology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bootstrapping#Etymology
    • tweakimp 2mo ago
      Thanks!