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under one's own steam
under one's own steam
Independently, without help, as in For two years I published the quarterly newsletter under my own steam. This expression uses steam in the sense of "driving power," as in a steam engine. [Early 1900s]
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| Ami (3) | | ah-mee | Japanese |
| 'Elifelet | | - | Biblical Hebrew |
| Thana | | - | Arabic |
| Edita | | - | Czech, Slovak, Slovene, Croatian, Lithuanian |
| Hardy | | HAHR-dee | English |
| Agnese | | ah-NYE-ze (Italian), AHG-ne-se (Latvian) | Italian, Latvian |