self-sufficient plan
noun phraseUK /ˌself səˈfɪʃənt plæn/
US /ˌself səˈfɪʃənt plæn/
A plan that can work all by itself without help from anyone else.
The team made a self-sufficient plan so they could finish the project even if no one else helped.
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2. A plan that does not need outside money or supplies to keep going.
Their self-sufficient plan used only the materials they already had on the farm.
3. A plan in which a person or group takes care of all its own needs.
The village wrote a self-sufficient plan for growing its own food and making its own power.
4. A plan that keeps working on its own without constant supervision.
The self-sufficient plan let the machines run all night without anyone watching them.