à la force du poignet

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a la fɔʁ.s(ə) dy pwa.ɲɛ/
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Adverb

à la force du poignet

  1. 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
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