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bootstrapped

Variant of bootstrap

noun

a strap on a boot for pulling it on

adjective

undertaken or effected without others' help: a bootstrap operation

transitive verb bootstrapped, bootstrapping

Informal to cause (esp. oneself) to succeed without the help of others
Comput. boot ()

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