How to Pronounce "under your own steam"
expression
UN-der yor OWN STEEM
UN-duh yawn STEEM
Definition
If you do something under your own steam, you do it by yourself, without help from anyone else.
IPA Transcription
American English
ˈəndɝ/ /ˈjɔɹ/, /ˈjʊɹ/ /ˈoʊn/ /ˈstim
British English
ˈʌndɐ/ /jˈɔː/ /ˈəʊn/ /stˈiːm
Simplified Pronunciation
US
UN-der yor OWN STEEM
UK
UN-duh yawn STEEM
Listen in Context
He got to the meeting under his own steam.
She finished the project under her own steam.
Can you travel under your own steam?
After his injury, he wanted to walk again under his own steam.