bootstrap
noun
a loop of leather or cloth sewn at the top rear, or sometimes on each side, of a boot to facilitate pulling it on.
have bootstrapped
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present perfectof bootstrap.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Since then, the founders have bootstrapped the financing.
From New York Times ● Oct. 26, 2016
Dangerous Golf doesn’t have a publisher and Three Fields hasn’t accepted any outside funding; instead the founders have bootstrapped the studio using their own savings.
From The Verge ● May 2, 2016
