under one's own steam
under one's own steam {adv. phr.}, {informal}
By one's own efforts; without help.
The boys got to Boston under their own steam and took a bus the rest of the way.
We didn't think he could do it, but Bobby finished his homework under his own steam.
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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms
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