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	Pronounced	Usage
Xande	-	Portuguese
Iola	-	English
Hiroko	hee-ṙo-ko	Japanese
Edmund	ED-mənd (English), ED-muwnt (German, Polish)	English, German, Polish
Gervaise	zher-VEZ	French (Rare)
DİLŞAd	-	Turkish