drag oneself (to
1drag\ oneself\ up\ by\ one's\ boot\ straps — • pull oneself up by the bootstraps • pull oneself up by one s own bootstraps • drag oneself up by one s boot straps adv. phr. To succeed without help; succeed by your own efforts. He had to pull himself up by the bootstraps …
2drag oneself up by one's boot straps — See: PULL ONESELF UP BY THE BOOT STRAPS …
3drag oneself up by one's boot straps — See: PULL ONESELF UP BY THE BOOT STRAPS …
4drag — [drag] vt. dragged, dragging [ME draggen < ON draga (or OE dragan): see DRAW] 1. to pull or draw with force or effort, esp. along the ground; haul 2. a) to move (oneself) with effort b) to force into some situation, action, etc …
5drag — I. noun Etymology: Middle English dragge, probably from Middle Low German draggen grapnel; akin to Old English dragan to draw more at draw Date: 14th century 1. something used to drag with; especially a device for dragging under water to detect… …
6pull\ oneself\ up\ by\ one's\ own\ bootstraps — • pull oneself up by the bootstraps • pull oneself up by one s own bootstraps • drag oneself up by one s boot straps adv. phr. To succeed without help; succeed by your own efforts. He had to pull himself up by the bootstraps …
7pull\ oneself\ up\ by\ the\ bootstraps — • pull oneself up by the bootstraps • pull oneself up by one s own bootstraps • drag oneself up by one s boot straps adv. phr. To succeed without help; succeed by your own efforts. He had to pull himself up by the bootstraps …
8plod — v 1. trudge, pace, tramp, walk heavily, lumber, Inf. galumph; drag oneself along, move laboriously, shuffle, shamble, drag one s feet; walk on or over, tread, step on, stamp, Inf. stomp, crush, trample. 2. drudge, work or work hard, toil, moil,… …
9crawl — [v1] move very slowly clamber, creep, drag, drag oneself along, go on all fours, go on belly, grovel, hang back, inch, lag, loiter along, lollygag*, move at snail’s pace*, move on hands and knees, plod, poke, pull oneself along, scrabble, slide,… …
10shlep — 1) schlepp vb a. to drag, haul, pull or carry b. to drag oneself, move or travel with difficulty. This is the Yiddish version of the German verb schleppen, meaning to drag. It has entered English slang via the American underworld and… …
