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
Janie	JAY-nee	English
BrÉAnainn	-	Ancient Irish
Calvert	['kælvət]
Dilip	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Bengali, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam
Leofd&Aelig;G	-	Anglo-Saxon
Nonna	-	Russian