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Meanings of own steam in English

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Usage of own steam in English
1
The potatoes looked as if they had committed suicide in their own steam.
Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith
2
MJEX have got to this juncture in their time at their own steam.
The Irish Times
3
She had walked there under her own steam and had come from the north.
Tell me, pretty maiden
4
If you can work under your own steam without anyone else around, do so!
The South African
5
And it shouldn't be able to walk off your plate under its own steam.
Gunn's golden rules
6
If you make it out of the river under your own steam, fair enough.
Moon Over Soho
7
It'd be my job if Jackie walked out of here under her own steam.
Too close to home
8
I hear Aleck came out under his own steam to-night.
Red Pepper's Patients / With an Account of Anne Linton's Case in...
9
You just powered in under your own steam on the off-chance that he's here.
Anansi Boys
10
Twice a year these birds go under their own steam between those two enclosures.
The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals: A Book of Personal Observ...
11
Rising on her own steam, she stared down at me with a lurching loftiness.
Breakfast at Tiffany's
12
Second, your supervisor could leave, either under his own steam or because he's been fired.
BBC
13
Seymour now mounts the argument he's able to secure that seat under his own steam.
Radio NZ
14
He would get there under his own steam, as he had done countless times before.
The wave: in pursuit of the rogues, freaks and giants of the oce...
15
He makes his way to Finland under his own steam to take on his rival.
Reuters
16
Look how much she's improved on her own steam.
Unfinished desires: a novel
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Own steam through the time
Own steam across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United Kingdom
Less common
United States of America
Less common