turn one's hand to

Also, put one's hand to. Apply oneself to, begin working at, as in Next she turned her hand to starting her dissertation, or He was so lazy he wouldn't put his hand to anything. [c. 1700]

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Iarlaith	EER-lah	Irish
ElŽBieta	-	Lithuanian
Lysanne	-	Dutch
Ysabel	-	Spanish (Archaic)
Evgeni	yev-GYE-nee (Russian), eev-GYE-nee (Russian)	Bulgarian, Russian
Aristoteles	-	Ancient Greek