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61dissociate oneself from — 1) he dissociated himself from the Catholic Church Syn: break away from, end relations with, sever connections with; withdraw from, quit, leave, disaffiliate from, resign from, pull out of, drop out of, defect from 2) he dissociated himself from… …
62dissociate oneself from — 1 he dissociated himself from the Church of England: BREAK AWAY FROM, end relations with, sever connections with; withdraw from, quit, leave, disaffiliate from, resign from, pull out of, drop out of, defect from. 2 he dissociated himself from the …
63draw or pull in one's horns — idi to restrain oneself; become less belligerent …
64puller — pull ► VERB 1) exert force on (something) so as to move it towards oneself or the origin of the force. 2) remove by pulling. 3) informal bring out (a weapon) for use. 4) move steadily: the bus pulled away. 5) move oneself with effort or against… …
65by\ 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 …
66collect — v 1. accumulate, heap up, pile, pile up, roll up, stack up, pack; compile, amass, cumulate; hoard, squirrel away, load up, stow away. 2. gather, glean, take in, pull in, harvest, reap; garner, store up, stock up, lay by, lay up, lay in, Inf.… …
67get one's act together — get organized, get a hold of oneself, pull oneself up by the bootstraps, pull oneself together, clean up one s act …
68bootstrap — ► NOUN 1) a loop at the back of a boot, used to pull it on. 2) Computing the action of loading a program into a computer by means of a few initial instructions which enable the introduction of the rest of the program from an input device. ● pull… …
69bootstraps — n. to pull oneself up by one s own bootstraps ( to emerge from poverty through one s own efforts ) * * * to pull oneself up by one s own bootstraps ( to emerge from poverty through one s own efforts ) …
70boot — {{11}}boot (n.1) footwear, early 14c., from O.Fr. bote boot (12c.), with corresponding words in Provençal and Spanish, of unknown origin, perhaps from a Germanic source. Originally for riding boots only. {{12}}boot (n.2) profit, use, O.E. bot… …
