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
Cairbre	KAHR-bra	Irish, Scottish
Dimosthenis	-	Greek
Evgenij	-	Macedonian
Marie	ma-REE (French), mah-REE (German)	French, Czech, German, English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Severi	SE-ve-ree	Finnish
EglĖ	-	Lithuanian