That is,this kind of pull-yourself-up-by-your-bootstraps, that with enough determination and hard work that you can transcend limitations of money or class or gender.

VOA: special.2010.03.08

Climbers have to pull themselves straight up the face of very high rocks or walls.

VOA: special.2009.12.09

An electric motor helps the operator pull a heavy load or go up a hill.

VOA: special.2009.05.11

They try not to pull themselves up with their hands or arms.

VOA: special.2009.12.09

He praised the sailors for doing just that. "No matter what, we always pull through if we pick each other up."

VOA: standard.2010.03.26

You're using a lot of power out of your legs and bringing it up through your torso as you pull through.

VOA: standard.2010.08.03

"The organization doesn't have to expose its inner-most secrets to pull in somebody from New York and say here's how to hook up some propane tanks."

VOA: standard.2010.05.18

The foreign ministers had expected to take up the question of how Europe and Asia could cooperate to pull the world's economy out of the downturn it has fallen into since the global financial crisis began.

VOA: standard.2009.05.25