take it upon oneself

Also, take on oneself. Undertake something, as in I took it upon myself to count the precise number of children in the audience, or She took it on herself to enter a convent. [Second half of 1400s]

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Yehoyakim	-	Biblical Hebrew
Arda	-	Turkish
Smiljana	-	Croatian, Serbian
Kenneth	KEN-ith (Scottish, English)	Scottish, English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
&Thorn;ÓRfrÍ&Eth;R	-	Ancient Scandinavian
Ewald	E-vahlt (German)	German, Dutch, Ancient Germanic