à la force du poignet
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French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /a la fɔʁ.s(ə) dy pwa.ɲɛ/
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Adverb[edit]
- by one's own efforts, through hard graft
- se hisser à la force du poignet, s’élever à la force du poignet ― to success by dint of hard work, to succeed through sheer hard work, to pull oneself up from nothing, to pull oneself up by one's bootstraps