take into own hands

take something into your own hands

to deal with something yourself Many people are starting to take privacy protection into their own hands. Mike's mother wouldn't call the doctor, so Mike took matters into his own hands and did it for her.

Related vocabulary: take the law into your own hands

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Sapphire	SAF-ier	English (Rare)
Sofia	zo-FEE-ah (German), so-FEE-ah (Italian), soo-FEE-ə (Portuguese), SO-fee-ah (Finnish)	Norwegian, Swedish, German, Italian, Portuguese, Catalan, Greek, Finnish, Estonian, Slovak, Romanian
Zachariah	zak-ə-RIE-ə (English)	English, Biblical
Shevon	shə-VAWN (English)	Irish, English (Rare)
Oana	WAH-nah	Romanian
KristÓF	KREESH-tof	Hungarian