Definition of "under one's own steam" in Anglais

Prepositional phrase

1. Of the movement of a locomotive or a watercraft: by means of the power of its own engines (originally steam engines), rather than pulled or pushed by another vehicle.

2. Using one's own resources; independently, unaided. At one's own initiative; of one's own accord, unbidden, unprompted.

3. Using one's own resources; independently, unaided.

4. At one's own initiative; of one's own accord, unbidden, unprompted.