se débrouiller — meaning in English

English meaning

• bootstrap verb To start and grow a business or project using only your own money and revenue, without outside investment.
• do verb To perform or carry out an action or task.

Senses

se débrouiller is used for these senses in English:

• bootstrap To help (oneself) without the aid of others.
• do (intransitive) To fare, perform (well or poorly).
• get along (intransitive, idiomatic) To survive; to do well enough.
• get the hang of (colloquial) To begin to understand or manage at a basic level; to learn to handle with some skill.
• make shift (dated, transitive) To contrive; to invent a way of surmounting a difficulty.

bootstrap — full definition

1. verb To start and grow a business or project using only your own money and revenue, without outside investment.
2. verb In computing, to start up a computer or system by loading a small initial program that then loads the rest.
3. noun A loop of leather or fabric at the back of a boot, used to pull it on.

do — full definition

1. verb To perform or carry out an action or task.
2. verb Used as a helping verb to form questions and negatives, or for emphasis.
3. verb To be sufficient or acceptable.
4. verb To fare or get on in a particular way.
5. noun A social event or party (informal, chiefly British).

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