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What does " on one's own steam" mean?
I saw this sentence in a novel. I looked it up in the dictionary but there is no such a phrase.
The full sentence in the novel is "I went outside on my own steam and walked to my car."
Thanks for the help.
3 mars 2013 06:17
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It's a very weird, poetic phrase, that's for sure. I'd rephrase it as "without anyone else's help".
3 mars 2013
It means with his own power, his own strength.
3 mars 2013
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Chinois (mandarin), Anglais, Français, Coréen
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Anglais, Français, Coréen
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