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Make clear you'll get back under your own steam (5,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

drive home

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'own steam' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are verbs in their base form, I don't understand how one could define the other.

'make clear you'll get back under your' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'make' could be 'drive' (driving is a kind of making) and 'drive' is located in the answer.
'get back' could be 'home' (homing is a kind of getting back) and 'home' is located in the answer.
No letters remain.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for drive home that I've seen before include "Return journey" , "evening commute?" , "impress" , "What some commuters do after work" , "Force (a nail) completely in" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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